Incredibly well-made propaganda. Britain& #39;s state broadcaster is really good at what it does.

Lenin at the start, use of Russian national anthem, a f**king bear (!!) to play to stereotypes.

Slow verbal delivery. Clips of people speaking at start tied to editorial line. https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/1384386348983799810">https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR...

Central theme is fact they& #39;re being tailed. But they knew they would be, and it could have been added to the prepared script in advance.

Few foreigners visit Krasnoyarsk & a foreign TV crew, wandering around the city, from a hostile state, will obviously attract attention.

What& #39;s more, premise is they& #39;ve come to the Russian heartland to find out what *real* Russians think. But you can go to any city in this country & you& #39;ll find people who passionately disagree with what Putin does, and people who strongly agree. But BBC didn& #39;t look for them.

Most cringeworthy line, after dealing with lack of recent political change in Russia:

"(However), some things in Russia change, like the seasons."

What the f**k does this even mean? It& #39;s Alan Partridge stuff.

Then they cut to the bear. Who is being fed pancakes! Yes, really.

Also, the bit about Russia being headed for "a catastrophe," & the implication that there is something inherently negative about "stability" (followed by images of the f**king Bolshevik revolution).

And snow & a cross. There has to be snow & a cross.

De integro. Dei Gratia!