What's your take on why that guy was allowed to ramble on critically for many minutes on that show ? Do you think Putin is greasing the skids to justify blaming those around him ?
I wouldn’t put too much thought in what’s being said on Russian TV. The propaganda itself doesn’t get clear instructions on what to say (aside from an odd specific comment by Peskov or by the Administration) & every channel had been transformed to an unending stream of news and political talk shows with literally nothing else so some fluctuations will happen. Trying to find deeper meaning in them is pointless — they don’t project Putin’s inner wishes, they try to predict his wishes in advance and those who do are usually thick as shit.
Plus ideally it’s better to watch the entire show to get a proper context for what he’s saying — and no one sane would do it. We’ve all collectively fell into this trap just recently — everyone was sharing the clip of one of the experts saying that those who oppose the “Z” symbol will be castrated and sent to concentration camps… it sounded a bit too much even for Russian propaganda but hey ho, the sentence made grammatical sense and seemed complete.
Only a week or so later a bigger clip was found by someone where a bit of context was introduced — he was talking that NATO & Ukraine will do that if they’d win, even to those Russians who were on their side. Which made much more sense from the general propaganda point of view.
So I wouldn’t focus on that. I’m sure on the end they’ve twisted the message around somehow. Although there’s certainly some understanding even inside Russian infosphere that something went wrong (we’ve been at war for almost 3 months now, people see how the sanctions affect almost every part of their lives, prices on everything have skyrocketed — and yet Russia don’t really have anything to show for it). You have to address that sentiment somehow.