Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, toasts as he attends an official reception, to mark 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, in the Palace of the Facets at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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