Putin is putting on a show, and he has a stranglehold on Russian media

Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a show on Monday — first with a Security Council meeting that was likened to a Netflix drama, then a long speech that was intended as a history lesson and justification for Russian aggression. CNN cut away from the speech to provide viewers with context about how, in Jim Sciutto’s words, Putin was evincing “clear nostalgia for the Soviet Union” and a desire to put those pieces back together.