Il “cessatefire” di Putin – la Russia sta ancora bombardando l’Ucraina? SÌ

Russians always do the exact opposite of what they say.

Next to depravity, chauvinism, self-entitlement, and vindictiveness, another foundation of the Russians’ “civilization” is [deceit](https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/96536/propaganda-and-the-russian-art-of-lying?srsltid=AfmBOopNIjfh-4YhvPSo-WGUxtZLArHMtQC_TePvt7ZAZUy6Pe9FRGLU) – particularly their own mutation of it as “vranyo” (i.e. lying with the intent to challenge or even insult the recipients rather than to deceive them)

>Propaganda is lying, and as it happens, this is just something that Russians are very familiar with and have cultivated for centuries as an art form under the name *vranyo*.

>The late, Russian-American professor of history, Vadim Medish, who for 30 years taught Russian history and literature at American University in Washington DC, studied “*vranyo*” and how the Russians themselves look upon it and practice their gross brand of lying. So his take on Russian lying was: **“We lie out of necessity. We lie when it’s convenient. And we lie just to keep in shape.”**

>I am by no means saying that all Russians are liars, but I think it’s safe to say that most Russians are familiar with the concept of *vranyo*. A discipline they know as a cross between sports and the arts. The Potiomkin villages is just one of the incarnations of *vranyo –* one of the older and more harmless ones – with a centuries old history. There are tons of other examples from more recent times, of course.

This trait is not at all unique to Putin, and calling the “ceasefire” something like “Putin’s ceasefire” quietly implies that other Russians had floated a viable ceasefire in good faith.

What Putin agreed to is silently supported by his minions plus millions upon millions of ordinary Russians whose heads would explode if they couldn’t keep their grubby сlutсhеѕ on at least 20% of Ukraine’s territory plus the thousands of Ukrainian kids whom they’ve systematically abducted over the past 3+ years.

To be fair I think this ceasefire is only about bombing energy infrastructure.