DAt the beginning of May 2020, the world was immersed in the pandemic. Vladimir Putin seemed to have other priorities. For the seventy-five years of the end of the Second World War, he wrote a river text – nearly 55,000 characters -, posted on the Kremlin website, and of which “Le Point” publishes unpublished extracts below. .
“People my age and I believe it is important for our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren, to understand the torment and hardship their ancestors had to endure. They must understand how their ancestors managed to resist and prevail. Where did they get their indestructible strength, which amazed and fascinated the whole world? Of course, they were defending their home, their children, their lawsuits…
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