By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
In “celebration” of Western Christmas, Russia oday featured a video clip showing an American child putting out cookies and milk for Santa Claus, then waking up and discovering that Russia’s Father Frost has tied Santa Claus up in the kitchen and being forced to recite some Russian poetry.
At the end of the clip, the following words appear: “We’ve hacked Christmas!” with the signature line, “Russian hackers.” Even Znak described this as aggressive (znak.com/2017-12-25/russia_today_vypustil_agressivnyy_novogodniy_rolik_so_vzlomannym_rozhdestvom). Other, more critical words come to mind.
To get the full flavor of this tasteless performance, view it at t.me/lentachold/12730.
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia
