Decoding Putin's annexation speech

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the West was blamed for every conceivable crime, from seeking to destroy Russia back in the 17th century to promoting gay rights and sexual reassignment operations.

And, yes, he needs to exaggerate the threats Russia supposedly faces, if only because this justifies the unpopular military draft and the other sacrifices he may be demanding from his nation.

The words "they" and "them" predominate in Mr Putin's latest speech and are the real object of his anger. "Them" - the Westerners - stand accused of engaging in "multi-secular Russophobia", a relentless and prolonged hatred of Russia stretching back centuries, allegedly designed to make Russia a "colony".

"Do we want to have, here, in our country, in Russia, instead of mom and dad a 'parent number one', 'number two', 'number three'? "Do we really want perversions that lead to degradation and extinction to be imposed on children in our schools from the primary grades? To have hammered into their ideas that there are supposedly other genders besides women and men, and to be offered a sex change operation?"