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Robert Fox

Putin’s Victory Day speech gives few hints about his plans for the war, but shows he’s stuck for fresh ideas

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the military parade on Victory Day in Moscow

(Picture: via REUTERS)

The annual parade for victory in the Second World War in Red Square marks an ominous milestone for Putin’s Russia, and the wider world.

Vladimir Putin has signaled to Russians that the war goes on – that the task and threat was far bigger than first imagined. For the world it is a marker for a deepening crisis in the supply of fuel, food and fertilizer.

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