The headline:
Putin: Crimea is crucial for Russia.
-Russia has a threatening army in it's disposal and will not allow to be talked to from power position - Wladimir Putin warned in his yesterday's annual message. Not for a moment did he change his propaganda tone, showing Russia as a victim of Western's aggression.
The residential message, commited in front of a thousand of russian elites' representants, is one of the most important events in Russia's liturgical callendar. Once a year Vladimir Putin is obligated to direct his speech to his political supporters - as it is written in the constitution. Because of the tradition, however, it is not him, who goes to Pride - they are members of the parliament and senators, that go to the president, a Gieogiyewski's Room overflowing with gold in Kremlin. Behind him, the senators, clergymen, court artists and entrepeneurs are standing in row.