A Russian presenter known for relaying Vladimir Putin’s propaganda would have attacked the “Russophobic French”, claiming that the latter “no longer use shampoo or toothpaste” because of inflation.
“A specific smell can currently be detected in the streets of French cities, where garbage collectors are on strike, as well as in public institutions where the Russophobic, dirty and unwashed French gather”, would have launched the presenter Olga Skabeyeva, according to Belgian media 7sur7.
Nicknamed Vladimir Putin’s “iron doll” for his propagandist remarks which often attack the West, the presenter would have based his remarks on a study published by the Institute for Opinion and Marketing Studies in France (Ifop) .
However, these would be distorted remarks: if the study reported that one in 10 French people would occasionally give up the purchase of certain basic hygiene products because of inflation, it would have insisted on the fact that “millions of French people no longer wash”.
According to the study, 12% would have given up on the purchase of deodorants at least occasionally, while 9% would go without detergent.
In the past, she would also have claimed that Europeans had to eat cats or prostitute themselves to survive, according to the Belgian media.