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Robbery at war: everyone will get their share in Russia

28 December, 2022 Wednesday
22:12

There is a full consensus among the Kremlin elite. They temporarily stopped destroying each other. And the essence of this consensus is simple - take even more money for the military sector of Russia

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In the Russian Federation, there is now a huge demand in society for radical changes. Some willful decision that will change the course of war. Putin should come out and perform a miracle. Because it's New Year. Propagandists intuitively sense this request, so they reproduce an absolutely moronic video of Putin, where he tells how he believes in Ded Moroz (a legendary figure similar to Saint Nicholas - ed.)

For more than a week, Russian propagandists have been diligently imitating this miracle - telling that everything has changed. All the meetings of Russian Ministry of Defense collegiums, Putin's speeches, Shoigu's trips and flights — all this is part of this imitation.

They say that the Russian Ministry of Defense has drawn conclusions from something. Now everyone is mobilizing, everything will work and it will be what was promised a year ago. However, if you listen to Shoigu's full speech, you will be surprised to learn that the Russian Ministry of Defense has completed all tasks for 2022.

And it is also noticeable that there is now a full consensus among the Kremlin elite. They even temporarily stopped destroying each other. And the essence of this consensus is simple. A simple conclusion was drawn from all the failures of 2022 - to take even more money for the military sector of the Russian Federation. To sharply increase the share of war expenditures in GDP. Revive the 70s of the Soviet Union completely.

Though, it would seem, how much more? The share of spending on the police and war is already greater than in the vast majority of other countries of the world. But more is needed.

To be enough to steal not only for Shoigu and Gerasimov, but also for Prigozhin and Kadyrov. All quarrels are finally forgotten - everyone will be happy. Such is the campaign of disinformation of the Russian population.

 

Specially for Espreso TV.

About the author; Olha Len, journalist.

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