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V-E Day: A Call to Action for the Russian Nation?

May 11, 2005 | 18:33 GMT

Summary

World War II and V-E Day in Russia are more about deep-rooted feelings throughout the country. Given this, and the way events have unfolded during the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day in Moscow, the Russian people — feeling offended and seeing their World War II victory as their only, but almighty, source of morale — could be awakening and preparing to take their country's fate into their own hands if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not make a quick decision on Russia's course.

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