The war of words over the Russian invasion of Ukraine has become more and more extreme since the offensive began in February. At the time, Putin branded the war a “special military operation”, which he said was necessary in order to “de-militarise” and “ne-Nazify” Ukraine.
But Russian state-run television is increasingly pushing more radical rhetoric in what is understood to be a bid to get the Russian people on-side.
Francis Scarr, of the BBC, has been monitoring state broadcasters and joked today, on May 23, that it appears to have become “apparently bored with the term ‘Anglo-Saxons’”.
Instead, he added in a post on Twitter, when “referring to the dastardly US and UK”, programme hosts have used the term “Anglo-Protestants”.
Other users highlighted that this would come as news for US President Joe Biden, who is a Catholic... even if they could.
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