In an 11-minute speech delivered from a platform near Lenin’s mausoleum, as a prelude to the traditional parade on May 9, in Red Square, Moscow, the Russian president rather exalted heroism and Russian patriotism. He made only rare allusions to the war he started in Ukraine on February 24, reiterating what prompted him to do so, including falsehoods, such as the fact that the President’s government Volodymyr Zelensky is of Nazi allegiance. ” I am addressing our armed forces: you are fighting for the country, for its future. […] There is no place in the world for enforcers, punishers and...