Kremlin propagandists have begun hysterically feasting on Boris Johnson’s demise, claiming it’s an enormous breakthrough for Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Russian state TV is awash with claims that worldwide assist for Ukraine ‘has crumbled’ because the prime minister is supposedly the ‘main sponsor of the war’.
Putin’s favorite discuss present pundits mentioned Mr Johnson is a ‘clown’ who ‘got his ass kicked’ and prompt his substitute can be extra pleasant to Russia.
The PM introduced he would step down after a wave of ministers give up amid revelations that he knew of intercourse assault claims in opposition to MP David Pincher earlier than hiring him as his deputy chief whip.
But the Kremlin’s propaganda channels painted the controversy as a ‘homosexual scandal’, conveniently omitting claims he had been dishonest as they propped up a regime which survives on a heaving internet of lies.
Russia 1’s Olga Skabeyeva, dubbed Putin’s ‘Iron Doll’ for her warmongering rants forward of the invasion, gleefully crammed her viewers in on the drama from outdoors Parliament.
She mentioned: ‘The anti-Putin coalition has crumbled earlier than our eyes.
‘In Ukraine, naturally mourning, Boris is the main sponsor of the war, while there’s a complete present in Downing Street.
His regisnation meant ‘no more partying in Downing Street, even in non-Covid times’, she added.
‘Johnson’s speech scolded British journalists who helped expose the hideous gay scandals during which the PM has been as much as his neck in latest months.
‘But Boris did not mention his personal mistakes.’
Her husband, fellow pro-Putin pundit Yevgeny Popov, mentioned that after Boris ‘got his ass kicked, it seems to have dawned on the chaps in Kyiv that the anti-Russian coalition is now crumbling’.
He known as the PM ‘Johnsonyuk’, including a suffix frequent to Ukrainian surnames which Russians typically use to mock their neighbours.
The TV hosts additionally made baseless claims that Mr Johnson was personally liable for strikes allegedly hitting two cities on Russian soil.
Moscow accused Ukraine of bombing Belgorod and Kursk this week, killing three.
Ukrainian officers deny duty for the strikes in Belgorod, and there have been no unbiased experiences of explosions in Kursk.
In its fundamental information bulletin, Rossiya 1, mentioned: ‘It’s time to fly the white flag over Downing Street.
‘But Johnson remained true to Ukraine which has saved him many occasions…
‘After asserting his resignation, the very first thing he did was telephone Kyiv.
‘Johnson’s behavior of diverting consideration to Ukraine has lengthy been a supply of jokes within the UK.’
Russia’s ambassador to London Andrey Kelin, mentioned the PM had uncared for home points whereas specializing in Ukraine, although he poured chilly water on claims that the Westminster drama was already a win for Russia.
He informed Channel 1: ‘It is too early to speak about how this would influence Russian-British relations.’
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