“The West is laughing at Russia” – Propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, is angry because the ruble has become one of the weakest currencies in the world.
“All foreign countries are laughing at us” – Russian propagandist Solovyev is furious at Russian central bank for the weakening of the ruble.
All broadcast television in Russia is either owned or controlled by the state. The main evening newscasts on the two main state channels, Channel One and Russia One, cover more or less the same stories, in more or less the same order. On April 30th, for example, Channel One led with a report from a village recently “liberated from the neo-Nazis”; Russia One began its newscast with a general update on the gains made by Russian troops—“Hundreds of neo-Nazis liquidated, tens of airborne targets hit, and several hits against command centers and equipment stockpiles.”
Russia was kicked out of the SWIFT global banking system, while Western nations blocked Russia’s access to some of its foreign reserves. Europe also froze purchases of Russian oil and gas, and in December 2022, the G7 agreed on a price cap on Russian crude and refined petroleum products, putting further strains on the ruble.
“The bloody Central Bank, which has alarmed the whole country and isn’t even explaining why the hell the ruble exchange rate has jumped so high that they’re laughing at us abroad, at our ruble being one of the three weakest currencies,” said Solovyov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Thanks to the ‘genius’ policy of the Central Bank which despises the people so much that it won’t even say a single word to them about what it’s doing!” He added.
The Russian currency has slumped amid sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United States and other Western allies in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Both channels carried reports from a military hospital where a group of young men in identical striped pajamas received medals for their heroic roles in “liberating” Ukrainian towns and villages.
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