Vladimir Solovyov, the Russian TV host who is now threatening the West with nuclear war, was not always President Vladimir Putin’s favorite propagandist, appearing occasionally on Russian TV channels, according to a video that has surfaced on social media.

Netizens searched the archives for a recording of Solovyov hosting a New Year’s show broadcast by a Russian TV channel in 2013 after he explained in a new appearance on the Russia-1 TV channel on Monday why the Soviet Gulags were better than the Nazi ones . those

“Now, the descendants of the Nazi idea in Europe, they talk about us as Orcs, they talk about us as citizens of Russia who should bear responsibility (…) they don’t see us as individuals, they don’t see us as people. Dehumanization. It deprives us of the right to be ourselves. This is the main difference between us and them,” he added.

Volodymyr Solovyov and threats of nuclear war

In a monologue on another of his shows that aired in the middle of last month, Solovyov, who has been twice honored by President Vladimir Putin for services to Russia, threatened the United States and Europe with nuclear attacks if they came to the defense of the Baltic states. , which are themselves members of NATO.

“Are Berlin, Paris, London, Brussels ready to burn from our missile strikes? And, if necessary, from our tactical nuclear weapons? Will America be ready to fight for the Baltic emirates, which in their Nazi madness violate the rights of Russian speakers?” he asked rhetorically.

His comments came against the background of the fact that politicians in the Baltic states are negotiating to limit the use of the Russian language, and Latvia is already preparing a legislative project in this regard. In an April interview with HotNews.ro, Ukrainian foreign policy expert Ivan Us stated that the alleged violation of the right to use the Russian language is one of the pretexts used by Moscow to invade its neighbors.

The Baltic states have also drawn the ire of Moscow officials and Russian propagandists for other actions, such as providing military aid to Ukraine and decisions to dismantle Soviet monuments on their territory.

Estonia was one of two countries that on August 9 asked the European Union to stop issuing visas to citizens of Russia. Soloviev directly refers to this in his monologue.

The ministers of foreign affairs of the participating countries finally made a decision on this matter on August 31, suspending the operation of the agreement, according to which it was simplified for Russian citizens to obtain visas for entering the EU bloc, but without completely canceling the issuance of visas for them.

The “shocking” moment of Volodymyr Solovyov

BBC journalist Francis Scarr, who became famous after the start of the war in Ukraine thanks to the numerous videos he translated to show what was being discussed on Russian television, said on August 26 that the moment of Solovyov’s show on “Russia- I managed to shock even him.

The Russian TV host embarked on a unique tirade, claiming that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was “not a likable Führer” who was visited by “Banderiv junk” (we are not talking about the followers of Stepan Bandera – for Russian propaganda, all Ukrainians fall into this category). ) and asked the producers of his show to show a photo of Adolf Hitler on a tank next to a photo of Olaf Scholz.

“That’s what Scholz did, let him be like his idol with a mustache! So that no one has any illusions! That’s what he did! Here the Nazi scum escaped! He completely imitates his idol! He just wants to be like his idol! Wear a little chip and grow a moustache!’ – shouted Volodymyr Solovyov.

In another speech about Germany, the TV presenter has since June called for the country, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, to be taken over by Moscow.

Solovyov’s anger was caused by a video he showed on his show, in which the German Minister of Culture Claudia Roth reads the famous message “The Russian ship is heading to…” from one of the postage stamps printed by the Post Office of Ukraine.

“Should we once again wipe the dust from the Teutonic graves with the stormy march of Soviet boots? In other words, otherwise they’ll never get the message? What, the injection of kindness is over?”, he continues his monologue, interrupted by a shy “yes” from the studio.

“Now they are [germanii] I guess they can do whatever they want, start sending their tanks east! Who will soon trample the Russian land!” seemed to terrify even the guests of the studio.

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