Public Support and Putin's Hold on Power

For decades, Russia’s Victory Day parade has brought tanks and intercontinental ballistic missiles to Red Square to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. 

But not this year. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin scaled back the event due to the risk of a Ukrainian long range attack on Moscow. 

At the same time, media reports citing a European intelligence service suggest security is increasing around Putin and there’s even a risk of a coup. 

Today, Matthew Sussex, Russia expert at the Australian National University on Putin’s paranoia and whether Ukraine has cards to play in the conflict. 

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Matthew Sussex, associate professor at the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University