Topic - Nikolai Petrov

“The Kremlin has mixed those issues and used the victory over Nazi Germany as a foundation for building anti-Ukrainian narratives,” said political analyst Nikolai Petrov.

How Putin uses the USSR's victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine →

“Moscow leads its normal life because people are trying to preserve their sense of normal and relative psychological comfort,” said Nikolai Petrov, a senior research fellow at Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia Program.

Moscow seeks a 'sense of normal' amid Ukraine conflict →