State Duma Speaker Volodin revives 2011-2012 Kremlin slogan to link war effort with Putin

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin concluded the legislative session by chanting a slogan previously used to counter the 2011-2012 anti-government protests, explicitly tying the ongoing war in Ukraine to Vladimir Putin's leadership. This rhetorical shift signals an attempt to consolidate domestic support by framing the conflict as an existential necessity for the current regime. It remains unclear if this marks a broader shift in official state messaging or a localized effort to enforce ideological conformity within the Duma.