Russian television celebrities have slammed US sanctions, threatening a nuclear strike and calling for public executions in Ukraine if Russia wins the conflict, as well as demanding that the US return Alaska and California’s Fort Ross to Russia.
Since Vladimir Putin’s deadly invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has flooded the airwaves of its state-run stations with pro-war propaganda that creates a different picture of reality and shields the Russian people from the horrors of Putin’s invasion.
On Monday, March 14, Oleg Matveychev, a member of the Duma who is also known as Putin’s “spin doctor,” appeared on Russian state television, laying out a list of demands for both Washington and Kyiv “when Ukraine’s demilitarization is achieved.”
He also backed the concept of publicly hanging Ukrainians who oppose Russia, something the Kremlin is said to be considering, according to Bloomberg. ‘You’re the thieves,’ he replied, ‘and our conversation with you is short: a bullet to the head.’
On Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov, Matveychev said, “We should be thinking about reparations from the harm that was created by the sanctions and the conflict itself, because that too costs money and we should get it back.”
‘All Russian possessions, including those of the Russian empire, the Soviet Union, and present Russia, which have been confiscated in the United States, and so on,’ he said.
Solovyov asked if the lawmaker specifically meant Alaska and the former Russian settlement of Fort Ross, California. ‘That was my next point. As well as the Antarctic,’ Matveychev said. ‘We discovered it, so it belongs to us.’
Three Saints Bay, Alaska’s first Russian settlement, was established in 1784. The Russian-American Company was founded in 1799 by Czar Paul I as a trading monopoly to drive the Empire’s growth in North America.
Alaska was sold to the United States for $7.2 million in 1867, during Andrew Johnson’s administration, which would be approximately $144.4 million in 2021.
Fort Ross was erected in 1812 by a Russian-American enterprise less than three hours outside of modern-day San Francisco. In 1841, the village was sold to a private owner.
The remarks were made immediately before the Russian Foreign Ministry issued sanctions against President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mark Milley, according to Russian state television.
Matveychev appeared to dismiss the idea of using nuclear weapons to achieve victory, declaring: ‘What for? We can take them down without it.’ TV Host Solovyov, whose two Italian villas were recently seized amid the flurry of sanctions, called for executions or even nuclear strikes for ‘those who took our money.’
‘I still think that those who took our money should be told, you have 24 hours to unfreeze our funds, or else we’ll send you what you know we’ve got. Your choice. Tactical or strategic, take a pick. You took our money, you’re the thieves, our talk is short with you: a bullet to the head,’ he said.
Matveychev continued: ‘There isn’t a single country in the world that is as easily manipulated as America.’ ‘Here’s what will be on the table after our victory… we’re going to raise the stakes,’ he promised. Matveychev began his list with ‘the dissolution of NATO,’ adding that ‘the presence of NATO in some countries is getting in our way.’
Then he added the ‘extradition of all war criminals,’ including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, former President Petro Poroshenko, and former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Herashchenko.
Watch the video below
Pundits on Russian state TV advocate implementing public hangings in Ukraine once Russia’s dominance is established. If you speak Russian, here is one example (watch). Other pundits later agreed, one of them noting that DPR/LPR constitution conveniently permits the death penalty. pic.twitter.com/zCe3PfFhVM
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 13, 2022
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