In the article entitled “A fair question to Putin: why does the Russian Federation support the Kyiv regime?” the Russian website “Pravda” subjects the Kremlin leader to extremely harsh criticism.

“Many questions arise from the Kremlin regarding the delay of the special operation in Ukraine. One of them is – why does the Russian Federation sponsor and support the Kyiv regime?” – this is how the Pravda article begins.

He accuses the Russian energy sector of “directly or indirectly sponsoring the Armed Forces of Ukraine” through the export of natural gas transiting through Ukraine, saying it was up 15% in mid-February.

“Gazprom’s payments to Kyiv for transit are increasing, and it’s no secret where they are primarily directed: to the military needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Pravda writes, also accusing the Russian parliament of keeping silent about this situation.

Pravda makes accusations against the Russian parliament and government

Instead, the online newspaper notes that Moscow lawmakers “attacked a weaker ‘enemy,'” citing that State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin asked relevant authorities to investigate Lukoil after German newspaper Die Welt revealed last month that its an oil refinery in Burgas, Bulgaria, supplied a huge amount of diesel fuel to Ukraine in the early days of the war.

“No one in the State Duma also pays attention to the fact that some foreign companies operating in the Russian Federation are heavily sponsoring the regime in Kyiv,” Pravda continues its accusations, giving the example of Carlsberg beer producer, which, according to her, has transferred almost 4 million dollars to Ukraine last March for a Ukrainian military rehabilitation center.

Pravda.ru then accuses the Russian government of allowing Kazakhstan to use the country’s territory to transfer its products for export to Latvia, where they are loaded onto ships and sent to the EU.

“We are talking about oil products, coal, food products. Why Kazakhstan is not advised to use the Russian ports of Ust-Luga (not a Russian city on the Baltic Sea) remains a mystery.”

Direct attack of Russian journalists on Vladimir Putin

Further, the Pravda article states that everything exposed embodies the West’s dream to “destroy Russia with its money.”

“Pravda” writes that “even now, in the conditions of a life-and-death war, this dream of the West is being successfully realized,” adding that “the culprits can be sought, but this is not done and it is clear why.” “.

“However, it is surprising that the president of the Russian Federation interprets this issue in a completely different way,” the article continues, quoting Vladimir Putin’s statement about Gazprom’s payments to Kyiv for the transit of natural gas.

“They (Ukrainians) receive money from us for transit. We pay them. And they take money, despite the fact that they call us aggressors, although they themselves are aggressors in relation to Donbas, and we oppose aggression, not the other way around. Money doesn’t smell,” the Russian publication quoted the head of the Kremlin as saying, without specifying why he made this statement.

“That’s how he talked about transit payments to Ukraine from Gazprom, which are billions of dollars a year that go to killing Russian soldiers,” writes Pravda.

“Money always smells, and in this case it smells very bad,” the article concludes.

So far, the news site has supported official war-related rhetoric

Pravda.ru is a Russian online news newspaper founded in 1999, a spin-off from the much better-known Soviet-era daily Komsomolskaya Pravda.

The article now published by this site, which says in November that the Russian military will soon get its own HIMARS, is all the more remarkable because up until this point it has stood out for its militant support for the war of aggression launched by Vladimir Putin’s past. year.

For example, in another November article, Pravda.ru happily noted that Ukraine was on the verge of freezing and “complete darkness” after repeated attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.

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