“The idea is this: we will continue to kill you, but on May 9 we need a calm parade.” “Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov

“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov

Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the main news that happened in Russia and the world over the past week.

The truce for May 9 seems to be Putin’s attempt to “save” the parade: it will, however, be held without equipment, and the Internet will be turned off in Moscow. The oil refinery in Tuapse was hit for the fourth time in two weeks; there and in Perm - oil rains, spills and other consequences for residents. Putin is silent at the same time, but in a conversation with Dagestan officials he asks to clarify which side of the front line fascism is on.

It is becoming unsafe to desert via Belarus. Schools are coming up with a new subject - “Russian DNA”: what “pantheon of heroes” are we going to get acquainted with? A woman who spoke Buryat was beaten on a bus with the words “go to your country,” and a foreigner was expelled from Russia because of a review of a skirt on Wildberries.

The authorities spent 120 million rubles on the anniversary: ​​Vladimir Zhirinovsky would have turned 80 years old. Maria Zakharova quotes non-existent scientists when talking about the “ban of the Russian language” in Ukraine. The shaman assures that it is a shame not to “lick Baikal”, but to “lick the butt of the owners in the West.” Bonya went to Solovyov: he even (!) apologized, but then gave the usual lecture about the structure of the world and interrupted her 34 times.