While that particular bit was pretty egregious, as I recall, that was Russian state television rather than the Russian government.
Like, I’m not excusing it, but its target audience is going to be the Russian public, rather than external countries. There’s a certain level of non-credibility that you’re going to expect.
How many times have they threatened us with nuclear torpedos capable of causing a tsunami to wipe out london now? 6? 7?
While that particular bit was pretty egregious, as I recall, that was Russian state television rather than the Russian government.
Like, I’m not excusing it, but its target audience is going to be the Russian public, rather than external countries. There’s a certain level of non-credibility that you’re going to expect.