How Putin stays strong in Russia, four years into war in Ukraine
Al Jazeera
The quick victory never came. But a functional economy, controlled media and slow battle gains give Putin control.
Moscow, Russia — What was meant to be a swift military operation to topple the Ukrainian government and take control of the country has now dragged on for four devastating years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s promise to protect the people of Donbas, who, according to him, had been subjected to bullying and genocide by the “Kyiv regime” for the previous eight years, has meant that hundreds of settlements have been wiped off the face of the Earth and millions of lives have been broken, in both countries.
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