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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert dedicated to Russian service members involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine, on the eve of the Defender of the Fatherland Day at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Reuters)..
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly paid the crowd to attend a pro-war rally organised in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, reports said..
Images taken from outside Moscow State University where the rally was held show the missile systems guarding the security-obsessed dictator, while more were spotted on nearby rooftops, the report added..
Putin made an appearance at the Glory to the Fatherland rally in Moscow yesterday, hours after delivering the State of the Union address.. The rally was mainly attended by a carefully vetted group of state employees and they were paid cash to attend it...
Putin hailed Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine at the rally, calling on the crowds to chant "Russia, Russia" to show their support for those he said were defending the fatherland...
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