FILE - Demonstrators hold Russian state flags and flags with with the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, and a hashtag reading "We don't abandon our own" during the action "We do not abandon our own" to support the referendum, on Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin and Red Square with the Historical Museum in the background in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. In Russia, history has long become a propaganda tool used to advance the Kremlin's political goals. In an effort to rally people around the flag, the authorities have sought to magnify the country's past victories while glossing over the more sordid chapters of its history. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)