This comes as fighting in Ukraine has continued for four months straight
Vladimir Putin
The annual inflation was near 18% last month
The annual show in Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany has become so ritualized that one year’s parade is barely distinguishable from others
The host nation is Indonesia
Russia's central bank has taken dramatic steps in recent weeks to intervene in the market
The Russian President will address the nation later
Images from the scene show a completely destroyed car in the parking lot about 100 meters or so outside the seat of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic
Putin met with the German Chancellor in Russia
The photos posted on social media sites show hashish plates, stacked on top of each other, and a portrait of Putin in a suit and black tie
It happened in Russia during the 1917 revolution and it destroyed it, he said