Putin’s Reelection Announcement Belies Kremlin’s Penchant For Pageantry – Analysis

By Mike Eckel

(RFE/RL) — For a Kremlin that has raised the production of meticulously orchestrated, pomp-filled, televised political spectacles to an art form of sorts, how Vladimir Putin went about announcing he would in fact be seeking another term as Russian president was a head-scratcher. 

Or maybe it was planned...