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Have Russians 'surrendered to the fate' of Putinism?

May 10, 2023

Speaking to DW's Conflict Zone after Moscow's "subdued" Victory Day parade, Nina Khrushcheva says, "the question of prestige is no longer that relevant for Putin."

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