Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov praised Donald Trump and head of RT Margarita Simonyan made a stunning personal announcement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrI...
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov praised Donald Trump and head of RT Margarita Simonyan made a stunning personal announcement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrI...
Meanwhile in Russia: Apti Alaudinov, commander of the "Akhmat" special forces, told state TV host Evgeny Popov that Russia wants to take all of Ukraine. Both of them praised Dmitry Medvedev for his "elegant" response to the European peacekeeper proposal. youtu.be/RCR9LpCdWco
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Tulsi Gabbard and the White House responded to my article: bsky.app/profile/juli...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests boasted that Donald Trump's and Tulsi Gabbard's recent actions were directly related to the exchanges between Trump and Putin in Alaska. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCXr...
Putin’s Pals Brag that Trump and Tulsi Followed His Orders The Kremlin is delighted that a slew of current and former intelligence officers were stripped of their security clearance, claiming it as a huge victory for Putin. My latest for @thedailybeast: www.thedailybeast.com/putins-state...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan discussed Trump's health and America's diminishing global standing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezOy...
Want to understand Russian policy? Ignore what they say to us in the West, listen to what they say among themselves:
Meanwhile in Russia: Zakhar Prilepin explained that regardless of any ceasefire, Russia will eventually resume its efforts to take all of Ukraine. He scoffed at Trump's peacekeeping proposals and emphasized that Russia will never be friends with America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKrS...
Meanwhile in Russia: host Roman Babayan explained why he believes Trump wants Russia to win. He also showcased the results of a poll, with 80% of participants stating they do not want Russia's war against Ukraine to end right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_V...
Meanwhile in Russia: state Duma member Oleg Morozov boasted about Russia's latest strikes, which he described as Moscow's new strategy. He snickered at Trump "the Joker" who threatened to sanction Russia 10-15 times since January, but never did it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN9K...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host of the most popular daytime talk show "60 Minutes" Evgeny Popov asserted that Russia will keep doing whatever it wants and described its troops in Ukraine as "peacekeepers." www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-3j...
"Mild schizophrenia" — Russian state TV talks about Trump's secret Exxon deal with Putin and mocks his empty threats of sanctions and tariffs: bsky.app/profile/juli...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests discussed Trump, threatened to take France and force Macron to polish the boots of Russian officers. They were caught off-guard by an inconvenient question posed by military expert Mikhail Khodaryonok. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzkM...
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Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko said it was his idea for the FBI to go after Bolton, which he voiced months ago on Russian state television. He also praised Trump, Vance & Hegseth for not criticizing Russia's strikes against Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htah...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV is openly mocking Trump by describing their bombing of a U.S.-owned Flex electronics factory as "destroying Western investments." Remember when Scott Bessent said that U.S. investments in Ukraine would serve as an "implicit" security guarantee?
Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karnaukhov explained why Putin should never meet with Zelensky and expressed his hope that Russia will destroy the democratic Europe, in concert with the United States. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFu3...
Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting Is Impossible, Say Russia’s Propagandists | "Russia propagandists were in a lather of excitement during and after the Alaska summit. The mood has changed." @juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Putin–Zelensky Meeting Is Impossible, Say Russia’s Propagandists Russian propagandists were in a lather of excitement during and after the Alaska summit. The mood has changed. My latest for @cepa.org ⤵️ cepa.org/article/puti...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov found himself in hot water, having just found out that the Ukrainian delegation handed Trump a list of his quotes deriding the U.S. president (my channel is replete with them). Solovyov says he was always for Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=39yv...
Kremlin propagandists are thrilled by the outcome of Putin’s summit with Trump and happy to brag about how he pulled it off. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/joyful-russi...
Meanwhile in Russia: Alexander Gurnov explained why the Alaska summit consisted of a string of victories for Putin, while Trump did not achieve any of his stated goals and instead changed his position to be in line with Putin's preferences. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9q...
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
"Highly respected"? By whom?
Russian journos don't sound too happy with their accommodations and are peeved that their credit cards aren't working.
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov was infuriated that Trump dared to give an ultimatum to Putin ahead of the Alaska summit. He threatened America with nuclear annihilation and chit-chatted with Scott Ritter, who is back in Moscow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWm...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts stated that the deal between Trump and Putin was most likely already reached behind the scenes. They've asserted that Russia is in a position of strength and won't make any concessions to the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueUs...
Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents, including highly sensitive records. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his guests discussed Putin's upcoming trip to Alaska. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Ay...
Russian state media says that agreeing to meet with Trump in Alaska (which they call “Russian America”) is Putin’s goodwill gesture. In reality, the US president welcoming a genocidal authoritarian is an unwarranted freebie and encourages future attacks and invasions.
Wild, right?
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV discussed an upcoming Trump-Putin summit, rejoiced that Ukraine is being excluded and said that Trump has learned his lesson, since he is no longer demanding a ceasefire or seeking any concessions from Moscow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q-3...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Olga Skabeeva and her guests discussed Steve Witkoff's latest visit to Moscow and scoffed at Trump's ultimatum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nZ...
Meanwhile in Russia: Alexei Naumov compared Trump to a posturing rooster and predicted that any new tariffs or sanctions against Russia and its trade partners will be short-lived. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ZT...
Meanwhile in Russia: Director General of the National Energy Security Fund Konstantin Simonov said that Trump won't sanction Russia or China. State Duma deputy Adalbi Shkhagoshev noted that the unannounced US-Russia negotiations are quietly taking place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55Z...
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Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Mardan argued that the MAGA movement made a mistake by supporting Trump, who "made a deal with the devil" and "betrayed them." www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4tv...
Meanwhile in Russia: doom and gloom descended over the state TV, where Olga Skabeeva & her guests discussed Kamchatka earthquake, Trump's ultimatum and future sanctions. The only thing that brought them joy was Trump's revelation that Melania likes Putin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxzx...
Meanwhile in Russia: state media outlet RIA Novosti:
Meanwhile in Russia: Andrey Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Defense, mocked Trump's ultimatum, said that Trump, Merz and Starmer would get "diddly squat with pepper on top," and told America to look into giving Alaska back to Russia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2vo...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov said that Russia is losing its patience with America and Europe. He was furious with Marco Rubio for specifying Russia's casualties in Ukraine, but said that according to Trump, "American intelligence agencies always lie." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z20z...
Meanwhile in Russia: Chairwoman of the Council of Federation Valentina Matviyenko considers Labubu dolls "hideously freaky" and wants Russia to create something similar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUoY...
Meanwhile in Russia: Boris Yakemenko was appalled by the nonsensical proposals coming out of the State Duma, by Alexander Dugin, whom he described as a fascist/Satanist, and by Trump's audacity to think that he is someone who can give Russia an ultimatum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHE...
Meanwhile in Russia: State Duma member Oleg Morozov explained why Trump's ultimatum is not being taken seriously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCj...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests threatened Norway, Germany, America, Ukraine and Poland. They've explained why the negotiations are pointless and predicted that after 50 days, Trump will keep delaying new sanctions, 50 days at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy5r...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov berated the West and Margarita Simonyan predicted the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4vi...
Meanwhile in Russia: Henry Sardaryan, Dean of the School of Governance and Politics at MGIMO, said that contrary to Russia's outward messaging, it isn't a truly conservative Christian country, which makes it harder to lure Westerners to their side. youtu.be/03HKTG59PXc
Meanwhile in Russia: host Roman Golovanov criticizes a historian for calling Odesa a Ukrainian city and says that Ukrainians who say that Ukrainian cities are Ukrainian and not Russian will be subjected to punitive psychiatric internment on a mass scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdHK...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Olga Skabeeva and Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat Special Forces, discuss Nanna Heitmann's reporting for the New York Times and surmise that her sympathies lie with Russia and not Western governments or Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTus...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Olga Skabeeva and Americanist Malek Dudakov discussed Melania Trump's influence on her husband and potential deliveries of Patriot systems to Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8-I...
Meanwhile in Russia: those who used to praise Donald Trump as a genius are now singing a different tune. John Varoli, former foreign correspondent for the NYT, says he is worried about Trump's low mental capacity and his reliance on Melania's advice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOj...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov used Trump's latest announcement as a recruitment drive, complaining that young people are partying instead of going to war. His weatherman agreed and declared that Russia's enemies will be nuked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNgC...
Meanwhile in Russia: State Duma deputy Boris Chernyshov directly connected the refusal of the Trump administration to release the long-awaited Epstein files with Trump’s latest announcement. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14w...
Putin Propagandists Say Trump's Russia Threat Is Just an Epstein Smokescreen My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/putin-pals-s...
Russian TV pundits are mocking Trump’s threats to weigh in decisively on Ukraine, claiming his new comments hope to knock the Epstein scandal out of the news.
Meanwhile in Russia: Professor Dmitry Evstafiev described Trump as a severely wounded hog. Experts on Vladimir Solovyov's program jointly hoped that Elbridge Colby stays in his position, as "the most useful person" for Russia at the Department of Defense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dt2...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV propagandists were encouraged by Marco Rubio winking at Sergey Lavrov when he was asked about new Russian sanctions. Military expert Igor Korotchenko claimed that Russia's strikes against Ukraine are ushering in peace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyYA...
Meanwhile in Russia: Trump's new tone hit Putin's propagandists like a ton of bricks. Vladimir Solovyov became enraged, referred to Americans as "animals" and threatened the United States with nuclear destruction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFS_...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Olga Skabeeva was shocked by Trump's "scandalous" statements and admitted that state TV deliberately mistranslated "BS" as "silliness." www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8MG...
Some IR folks build theories they want to sell as "objective" and "realist" where there's no difference in the way Ru elites and Beltway policy wonks think about and perceive the world. But that's profoundly wrong. Watch a few of @juliadavisnews.bsky.social's posts of Ru propagandists...
Meanwhile in Russia: in an Orwellian fashion, head of RT Margarita Simonyan urges the deletion of inconvenient information from history books and inducing neighboring countries to erase information about being oppressed by Tsarist Russia and the USSR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ0...
Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko thanked Donald Trump for lifting sanctions and urged him to protect Elbridge Colby. Foreign expert Alexander Bobrov surmised that Trump is losing to Russia with a devastating score. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecBU...
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov laughed at U.S. politics and reminded Western leaders that calling Putin won't make him change his objectives. Dmitry Kulikov asserted that the West is finished. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tccn...
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov said he agrees with Peter Thiel & the government of the Antichrist is coming soon. Solovyov claimed that all of Russia's opponents are Satanists and demanded preventive strikes against Europe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q3K...
Meanwhile in Russia: head of RT Margarita Simonyan was apparently given an assignment to convince Russians that breakfast is not necessary, they don't need much bottled water, and everyone who ever lived on earth will be "medically resurrected" in the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiHn...
Meanwhile in Russia: Andrey Fyodorov, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, shocked the hosts by urging them not to lie about the number of Patriot systems allegedly destroyed by the Russian military in Ukraine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWwq...
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov urged strikes against Europe and assured fellow propagandists and the viewers that Trump won't step up to defend the Baltics when they are invaded by Russian troops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT_E...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV relished Iran's strikes against Israel and the U.S. airbase in Qatar. Andrey Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, proclaimed Iran's unequivocal victory over Israel and the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQhE...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and experts in the studio discussed how close Iran might be to acquiring nuclear weapons. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaBR...
U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites have triggered another jarring lurch of the Russian propaganda seesaw. The Kremlin's top propagandists compare Trump to Hitler, but say that Russia is too busy to help Iran—and China should do it. My latest for @cepa.org: cepa.org/article/us-a...
Meanwhile in Russia: as pundits discussed the situation in the Middle East, military expert Igor Korotchenko argued that China should do the heavy lifting and help Iran, since Russia is busy "fighting the collective West." www.youtube.com/watch?v=joZG...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests ponder what Trump might do to Iran. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kurX...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists discussed Iran and laughed at Trump's parade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAKP...
Meanwhile in Russia: pundits on the channel Solovyov Live sneered and snickered at Trump's unimpressive parade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sH...
Meanwhile in Russia: host Sergey Mardan explained that Russia is an enemy of both the United States and Israel. Mardan said that Russia wants Israel to be weakened and should keep helping Iran, to include scientific assistance in nuclear areas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQK8...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov and other guests discussed the future of Europe, where any survivors will be forced to learn the Russian language and serve fast food to Russians. youtu.be/vk5afrMI05I
Meanwhile in Russia: pundits rejoiced about the unrest in the United States, hoped it would grow into civil war they've been anticipating for decades, and opined that Trump's mission is to destroy America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQA...
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists rejoiced about events in California, hoping they mark the beginning of a civil war in the United States they've long been rooting for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWo7...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Dimitri Simes surmised that Trump is failing on every front and has no discernible master plan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPCy...
Meanwhile in Russia: while the Kremlin's most prominent propagandists are always rooting for civil war in America, they are deeply disturbed by the Trump-Musk feud and want it to end ASAP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOSH...
Meanwhile in Russia: Channel One featured Alexander Prokhanov's documentary that described modern Russia as "Putin's empire" and the Russians as the people willing to fight and die for their cruel but wonderful government. youtu.be/gEBocnpv-Zw
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov mocked America and threatened the West with Russia's alleged superior military might. Solovyov described the U.S. as a woolly mammoth that is already extinct, but doesn't know it yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbd1...
Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karnaukhov compared Russia to a toothless lion and demanded ruthless strikes against Ukraine, with no regard for civilians. He was outraged that Trump didn't call Putin to express his solidarity after Ukraine's latest operation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4U0...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov, head of RT Margarita Simonyan and their fellow propagandists did their best to cope with Ukraine's daring operation and used Tucker Carlson's clip to boost their morale, but their nerves still got the best of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzYm...
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov once again reaffirms that Russia does not want peace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0BH...
Meanwhile in Russia: experts unanimously agreed that Donald Trump won't be happy when he sees the Kremlin's memorandum, because Moscow is not planning to offer any concessions and is only ratcheting up its demands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRV2...
Meanwhile in Russia: Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova demonstrated the heights of Russian diplomacy by stating she isn't sure whether Zelensky can be called a person, and going in circles about Russia's missing memorandum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoL4...
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov says that Trump and Kellogg are clueless. He asserts that Trump's anger at Putin's strikes is purely performative and he is looking for an excuse to walk away. Solovyov argues that another escalation is in order. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQKY...
Meanwhile in Russia: the new set of instructions must be in, and state TV host Vladimir Solovyov follows Dmitry Medvedev's lead by threatening Trump in response to his commentary directed at Putin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlqK...
Meanwhile in Russia: State Duma member Alexey Zhuravlyov explained that Russia has to kiss up to Trump to keep getting its way, which is why Putin is allowing Trump to get away with threats and insults. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXoH...
Panicking Putin Propagandists Censor Trump’s ‘CRAZY’ Outburst to Keep ‘Kissing Up’ Kremlin TV pundits are trying to cover up the extent of Donald Trump’s social media meltdown to keep him on Russia's side. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/panicking-pu...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov once again stressed that Russia is not interested in a ceasefire, and congratulated head of RT Margarita Simonyan with receiving another state award. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbZI...
Meanwhile in Russia: everyone realizes that negotiations are just a game and the invasion will continue. Hosts Andrey Norkin and Ivan Trushkin say that it's great, as more territories will be taken. Military expert Andrey Klintsevich rains on their parade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGl...
Russia to Ukraine: ‘You want a Ceasefire and I Want You Dead’ The Kremlin’s propagandists are in a joyous mood as they anticipate U.S. disengagement from the Ukraine conflict. My latest for @cepa.org : cepa.org/article/russ...
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov couldn't contain himself, as he gushed about the fantastic phone call between Trump and Putin. He took a break to collect more funds for the Russian troops, with a tagline, "A buggy will get you to Kyiv.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=upwJ...
The Weaponization Czar And Our Russia Problem by @timothysnyder.bsky.social Ed Martin is a major actor in Trump's attempted regime change to authoritarianism. His particular role is to transform the law into a tool to intimidate Americans. snyder.substack.com/p/the-weapon...
Meanwhile in Russia: pundits derided Trump's peace efforts as an exercise in futility, but acknowledged that his interests are in alignment with the Kremlin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfsX...