Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov seems despondent. He is so gloomy in the following clip that he doesn’t even fly off on one of his trademark tirades. youtu.be/wokGOejrM… by Russia Media Monitor (Julia Davis) Here is the comment I left: The way he introduces this segment, it sounds as if he was going to talk about something real. But no, we get Kayne West. When he returns to the war, and the notion of soldiers returning home, I again get the feeling that he is helping to set up a “stab-in-the-back” legend of the kind that proved so deadly to the Weimar Republic. The soldiers are always victorious, especially if still in enemy territory. If Russia loses the war, who will be at fault? Our man Solovyov will blame wreckers, traitors, egotists, and weaklings at home. He also sounds like a Stalinist. He seems to forget what happens to those who do the dirty work of purging – they get purged themselves. By the time he gets to the threats against Finland and Great Britain, I am unable to decide whether I’m listening to a broken record, or if this now banal demand reflects the frustration he expressed at the beginning. There are no new ideas. Under system-threatening stress, all he can do is repeat himself. If you’re unfamiliar with the channel and are at all interested in contemporary propaganda and disinformation, add it to your subscription list. Many viewers seem to find the clips funny. It is certainly self-parody, but also sickening and informative.