The only English TV station in the Hotel Grand Samarkand is RT aka Russian Television. It is delivered in British English by mostly blonde glamorous women presenters with Russian names.
This morning there have been clips of Americans on a bombing raid in Afghanistan. The sound track includes cheering and whooping as a lethal ordinance apparently hits a target just beyond a peaceful field of purple poppies. “Hey man get that!” Some laughing with cheering. Then a comment about how America looks to the Moslem world
Next piece of news is Gaza. A child is shown with a terrible body wound on the torso. Then a commentary about bombs falling on Gaza and their US origin.
They sum up with a comment that there was one small glimmer of hope when Obama was elected – but now in America its business as usual.
End of news – now a tape of the evolvement of Perestroika and some footage of the Second World War. Russia shown in a glowing light. The anniversary of WW2 will be celebrated in Moscow with enormous pomp. Dignitaries are scheduled to fly in from all over the world.. I shall be there for the preparations – but just might be flying out on the day of the parades. Maybe good timing…
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