Kolesnikov, Andrei

The end of the Russian idea: What it will take to Break Putinism’s grip - Foreign Affairs - 102(5), Sep-Oct, 2023: p. 60-101

On June 17, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin staged a special ceremony on the St. Petersburg waterfront to mark the anniversary of three flags; the flag of the Russian federation, otherwise known’s as peter the grate’s tricolor, for mally unfurled in 1993; the imperial Russian flag, introduced by Tsar Alexander II in 1858; and the Red Bunner, the Soviet Union’s hammer and sickle, adopted by the Soviet state 100 years ago and later used by Joseph Stalin. Putin watched the event from about as the National Philharmonic and the St. Petersburg state choir per formed the national anthem, which, thanks to a low Putin enacted in 2000, has the same medley as its Stalin ers counterpart. – Reproduced

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