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He has turned a controversial but undeniably democratic and dynamic nation into a semi-authoritarian armed fortress and a global pariah.

States say they are now largely on their own to confront the kind of hate-fueled threats that had turned Temple Israel into a fortress.

Boyce impressed his bosses and was soon cleared to enter the steel-doored fortress called the “black vault,” a classified sanctum where he was exposed to sensitive CIA communications pertaining to America’s network of espionage satellites.

Some of the spectators here believe the official portrayal of Russia as a besieged fortress threatened by the West.

The red poppies have been positioned to resemble a cascading "wound" at the heart of the Norman fortress, which was bombed during the Blitz.