Mainstream catches up with Alternative Media on the dire situation facing Ukraine

Occasionally over the past six months I have directed attention to articles in the very mainstream Financial Times dealing with the Russian economy that described fairly accurately the generalized rising prosperity in the country today notwithstanding the expenses of the war effort and an unprecedented volume of Western sanctions intended to degrade that economy. As I remarked, such reportage runs directly counter to the Russia-bashing line that the FT editors tend to impose on all coverage of Russia.