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On the sidelines of a summit in Saint Petersburg of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Kremlin this Tuesday presented its allies with nine gold rings with the inscription “Happy New Year 2023” and the emblem of the CIS.
A ring was given to the eight foreign heads of state present (Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) as well as Vladimir Putin.
From the outset, analysts and commentators began to draw a parallel with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”, where the evil master Sauron offers nine rings to human rulers who then become his servants, the “Nazgûls”.
The only difference, in the book, is that Sauron secretly creates an additional ring, the Ring of Power, which allows him to control all the others.
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