The patriotic celebrations are something relevant in the Russia of today and this Wednesday has been commemorated in Moscow the day of the Defender of the Fatherland -also known as Men’s Day-, although this celebration is usually on February 23. The event was held at the sports stadium of luzhnikionce a witness to the 2018 World Cup final and the Champions League final, although in recent months it has become one of the favorite places of the Russian ruling party to show off. On this occasion it has not been less and thousands of people They have wrapped up the artists and the Russian Russian president himself, Vladimir Putin. During the event he has been proud of his troops in Ukraine and has ensured that the conflict against Ukraine “is directed by the same brave fighters (…) who are fighting heroically with bravery and courage.”
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At the event, a concert-rally dedicated to the Russian military, pro-establishment artists such as Oleg Gazamov, Lube or Grigory Leps and he exalted Russian nationalism. These artists are already common in this type of celebration, such as the concert in mid-March “against nazism” on the same stage or at the event on Red Square where the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson was celebrated, something that was done without the recognition of the international community. Putin pointed out that although it was have gathered in Luzhniki in a festive atmosphererecalled that “at this very moment fighting a battle in the historical borders (of Russia), a battle for the people”.
Last Tuesday, the president stated before the Duma that Russia would fight “until the end” and denounced that the West would be trying to defeat and destroy Russia “warily, economically and propagandistically“, in addition to announcing that Russia was suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arsenal limitation treaty. This Wednesday morning, the Duma has ratified this decision unanimously.