As the end of the year nears, winter is coming. And it seems that Russia's tourism board is prepared.
In a bizarre and provocative 53-second clip shared on Facebook by the Russian embassy in Bangladesh, the Russian government uses a collection of stock footage of the country combined with a voice-over that appears to joke about sanctions the West has imposed it.
Russia's unusual video invites people to Russia for its "delicious cuisine, beautiful women and cheap gas."
Using a voice which speaks in English but has an almost stereotypical Russian accent, the narrator speaks that Russia is a home for "delicious cuisine, beautiful women," and that it's also a place for "world-famous literature, unique architecture, fertile soil, cheap electricity and water, ballet, cheap taxi and delivery, traditional values, Christianity."
To top it off, there is no "cancel culture" in Russia, and that the country is also a "strong economy that can withstand thousands of sanctions".
And not to mention, Russia's famous vodka.
Just under a minute long, the video ends by urging people to move there.
"Time to move to Russia. Don't delay, winter is coming."
In a few days after posting, the video has amassed millions of views and thousands of comments from users of Facebook.
While some praise Russia as a country, others saw it as something so absurd that it was comical in dark humor kind of way.
Some see it as a propaganda.
Others are angry at how Russia mocked the global sanctions, which were partly caused by its invasion to Ukraine.
It has been more than six months since Russia started invading Ukraine, and despite the heavy losses received, the strict sanctions don't bother Russia.
With the video, the Russians seem to be laughing in the face of the West, by putting on a brave face.
The video went viral partly because people couldn't help but mock the corny nature of it, even if it is supposed to be a joke.
Since both Ukraine and Russia knew that they were going to war, the two countries started preparing their strategies.
And apparently, things not only happened on the air and on land, as on the internet, the two countries were also preparing for war.
In fact, Ukraine has been hit by more cyberattacks on government infrastructures and banks, which its officials said are "on a completely different level."
Some websites affected were defaced, with their homepage replaced with a warning to Ukrainians to "prepare for the worst".
And just that people in their respective countries are launching cyberattacks, because apparently, the government is also using the war as a way to spread psychological warfare against their enemies.
Read: Russia-Ukraine War On The Internet: Between Cyberattacks To Censorship, Encrypted Messages And More
