My parents sometimes allow the pro-Russian media influence them way too much.
“What is happening? What is going on in the US?” my father asks me over the phone in a very alarmed voice as he calls me from Montreal.
“Huh?” I ask, trying to wake up.
“We just read this article by a Russian journalist who lives in the US. He says everything is horrible! The country is on the verge of a war! People are buying enormous amounts of food because they fear that food supplies will run out! Are you OK? How are you doing???”
(We speak on the phone every day, mind you.)
“I’m fine,” I says. “Everything is great.”
“But is it true that people are stocking up on food in case of war?”
“Well,” I say, “N. and I went to the supermarket the other day and people were buying quite a lot of food. And we did buy a bunch of stuff as well. But that isn’t because we expect a civil war but because we like food. And so do most Americans.”
“Ah, so things are not horrible? You are OK? Here, I will give the phone to your mother,” he says. “You need to reassure her.”
“What is happening? What is going on in the US?” my mother asks, sounding even more alarmed than my father.
And the whole dialogue repeats itself.
The Russian media are selling this spiel about the horrible, mean and miserable Americans who are about to die out massively (and good riddance, too!) like there is no tomorrow. This is understandable because Putin needs to present himself as the savior of Russians from the nasty US.
I find the whole thing hilarious.
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