{"id":21014,"date":"2026-05-05T16:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21014\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:07:38","slug":"pageantry-and-symbolism-over-civilian-lives-putin-doesnt-care-about-russians-or-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21014\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pageantry and symbolism\u2019 over civilian lives: Putin \u2018doesn\u2019t care&#8217; about Russians or Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"\u2018Pageantry and symbolism\u2019 over civilian lives: Putin \u2018doesn\u2019t care&#039; about Russians or Ukrainians\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bK-p5zhzU4E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u2018Pageantry and symbolism\u2019 over civilian lives: Putin \u2018doesn\u2019t care&#8217; about Russians or Ukrainians<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRochelle Ferguson Bouyahi\u00a0is pleased\u00a0to welcome the Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, Peter Zalmayev, to offer context &#038; perspective on the battlefield dynamics and political theatre of Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine. While Russia invokes symbolic gestures tied to historical commemorations, beneath the surface of geopolitical spectacle, Zalmaev points to a quieter revolution. \u201cThe answer is the drones,\u201d highlighting it&#8217;s effectiveness in an asymmetrical war. Yet,\u00a0the most revealing is\u00a0Zalmayev&#8217;s portrayal of Putin\u2019s internal state: \u201ca renewed sense of fear for his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to France 24 now: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTen<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 LIVE &#8211; Watch FRANCE 24 English 24\/7 here: https:\/\/f24.my\/YTliveEN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/f24.my\/FBen<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/f24.my\/Xen<br \/>\nBluesky: https:\/\/f24.my\/BSen and Threads: https:\/\/f24.my\/THen<br \/>\nBrowse the news in pictures on Instagram: https:\/\/f24.my\/IGen<br \/>\nDiscover our TikTok videos: https:\/\/f24.my\/TKen<br \/>\nGet the latest top stories on Telegram: https:\/\/f24.my\/TGen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Pageantry and symbolism\u2019 over civilian lives: Putin \u2018doesn\u2019t care&#8217; about Russians or Ukrainians Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi\u00a0is pleased\u00a0to welcome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6413,75,1282,14,82,76,22,23,61,20,21,83,2691,78,17,79,2130,80,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-21014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france24","8":"tag-americas","9":"tag-civilians","10":"tag-diplomacy","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-drones","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-france-24","15":"tag-france-24-english","16":"tag-france-24-guest","17":"tag-france24","18":"tag-france24-english","19":"tag-invasion","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-refugees","22":"tag-russia","23":"tag-ukraine","24":"tag-un","25":"tag-vladimir-putin","26":"tag-volodymyr-zelensky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116522845807549926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}