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The reason this all happened today, of all days, is because today is the biggest non religious holiday in russia. it's the anniversary of the surrender of nazi germany in world war ii, what we call the idai, victory in europe day, we celebrated on may 8th. they call it a victory day, the celebrated on may 9th and they make a very good deal out of it and they do. on the occasion of victory day today they held a big, big military parade in moscow. a north korea style military parade. putin gave a speech. which is usually something that went outside of russia much cares about, but in this case, t...

That dictatorships are brutal, and that they have to criminalize journalism and criticism of all kinds, because they know it's powerful, because they know they can survive the truth. the reason this all happened today, of all days, is because today is the biggest non religious holiday in russia. it's the anniversary of the surrender of nazi germany in world war ii, what we call the idai, victory in europe day, we celebrated on may 8th. they call it a victory day, the celebrated on may 9th and we make a very good deal out of it and they do. on the occasion of victory day today they held a big...

On his time there which is called, listened to. the last day of the soviet empire. it's a pleasure to have you here. i'm asking those questions are submissions or getting while, their expectations about putin 's behavior. not just towards ukraine but toward us. do you think that's fair? >> i think it's very fair, let's put it this way i woke up deliberately not 4:30 in the morning. something to read in realtime or watch putin speech may 9th is always a big deal it's a national unifying narrative. i think it's very fair. , the victory in what is called the patriotic court. and as important as i...

Reality. do you think that's fair? >>fr i think it is very fair. put it this way. i woke up deliberately at 4:30 in the morning, hoping to read in realtime or watch putin's speechch on red square, as you pointed out, in your excellent summation of what happened today and what's going on, may 9th is always a big deal, because it is the great national unifying narrative. the victory in what's called the great patriotic war. as important as it is here, it is in many ways much more important in soviet history and even in themu post-soviet space. he said nothing. you have it exactly right. i kept, ...

Mean, he seemed morose, and the ceremonies were subdued at best. what's the pentagon's assessment of where vladimir putin is the day after victory day? >> hi, joe. hi, mika. thanks for having me. well, it certainly wasn't much of a victory day. you know, in the weeks leading up to may 9th, everybody here in the u.s. was worried that he was planning something huge. they knew this was an important day for him, an important landmark for him. to be able to say he's done something in this more than two-month war effort now. the reality is it's been a dismal war effort for him. all he's done is kill...