{"id":957,"date":"2026-04-24T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/?p=957"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:08","slug":"solovyov-frames-war-as-eternal-in-escalating-kremlin-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/video\/solovyov-frames-war-as-eternal-in-escalating-kremlin-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"Solovyov Frames War as \u201cEternal\u201d in Escalating Kremlin Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"

(MOSCOW) –<\/strong> Russian state television presenter Vladimir Solovyov has described Russia\u2019s war as an \u201ceternal\u201d struggle between good and evil, in remarks broadcast on the radio programme Full Contact<\/em> alongside weather presenter Evgeny Tishkovets.<\/p>\n

Opening the programme with multilingual greetings, Solovyov said he had become \u201ca star of international TV\u201d the previous day and justified his rhetorical style as necessary to cut through what he described as modern information noise. He said: \u201cI will speak in all languages, because otherwise you do not understand\u2026 this is the only way to wake you up.\u201d<\/p>\n

He argued that heightened emotional messaging was required to attract attention in a crowded media environment, describing it as a deliberate method to \u201claunch a certain idea\u201d while audiences are engaged.<\/p>\n

Solovyov characterised the West as \u201cabsolute evil\u201d driven by a long-standing ambition to destroy Russia. He framed the conflict as a civilisational struggle, stating that it did not begin in February 2022 or in 2014, but was instead \u201can eternal war between good and evil\u201d.<\/p>\n

Addressing viewers in Italy, he urged them to reconsider their political leadership and criticised an Italian journalist who had described the Kremlin in derogatory terms. Solovyov countered by portraying the Kremlin as \u201cthe embodiment of light\u201d and a symbol of what he called the immortality of the Russian people.<\/p>\n

He said the Kremlin represented the \u201cheart of our people\u201d and argued that Russia could never be defeated. \u201cRemember this. We must win,\u201d he said, adding that victory was essential to Russia\u2019s continued existence. \u201cWithout victory there is no Russia. And if there is no Russia, then there is no world,\u201d he said, attributing the sentiment to Russia\u2019s supreme commander.<\/p>\n

Solovyov concluded by linking the day\u2019s weather to the war effort. Referring to morning rain as \u201ccleansing\u201d, he drew a parallel with Russian military operations in Ukraine, describing them as an effort to \u201ccleanse\u201d territory. Tishkovets echoed the analogy, saying rain \u201ccleans the atmosphere\u201d and likening it to what he described as ongoing operations in the \u201cspecial military operation zone\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tishkovets added that Russian forces were removing what he called \u201cfascist elements\u201d and argued that such forces \u201cmust be destroyed completely\u201d, asserting that a Ukrainian state in its current form should not exist on Russia\u2019s western and south western borders.<\/p>\n