The clip pokes fun at the Western tradition of blaming Russia\u2019s president for everything from energy bills to migration<\/p>\n
RT has released a new holiday video, with a touch of AI, spoofing Europe\u2019s tendency to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for virtually every problem, from power bills to migration.
\nThe clip was released on Tuesday and shared on X by RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, who wrote: \u201cTis the season… to blame Putin for all of Europe\u2019s woes. Sing with me.\u201d
\nSet in a cozy, Christmas-decorated living room, the video opens with the caption \u2018Christmas Eve 2025 \/ Somewhere in Europe\u2019 and follows a European family as a series of gloomy moments intrude on the festivities \u2013 all accompanied by a children\u2019s choir singing the chorus: \u201cIt\u2019s all because of Putin.\u201d
\nThe choir runs through a list of holiday-season woes, singing: \u201cPower bills too high to pay? \/ It\u2019s all because of Putin, hey!\u201d
\nThe clip becomes more absurd as the choir sings: \u201cMigrants settled by your Christmas tree?\u201d we see armed militants from war-torn countries by the family fireplace singing along: \u201cIt\u2019s all because of Putin, see!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tis the season… to blame Putin for all of Europe’s woes.Sing with me.Migrants settled by your Christmas tree?It’s all because of Putin, see!Power bills too high to pay?It’s all because of Putin – hey! pic.twitter.com\/bjHleq9LG2\u2014 Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) December 23, 2025 <\/p>\n
\u201cYour taxes fund the war instead? It\u2019s all because what Putin said!\u201d one line goes, as the scene shows a Ukrainian soldier amid the Christmas setting, taking away the family\u2019s valuables.<\/p>\n
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One segment shows an AI-generated version of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. As the choir sings \u201cBureaucrats are on your back?\u201d the von der Leyen lookalike delivers the punchline: \u201cIt\u2019s all because of Putin \u2013 whack!\u201d
\nAnother scene shows Santa taking children\u2019s presents, as the choir sings: \u201cSanta robbed your kids this year?\u201d We see Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky wearing a Santa outfit, with a Ukrainian seal on the hat, who sings in a Zelensky-like raspy voice: \u201cIt\u2019s all because of Putin, dear!\u201d
\nToward the end, the video shifts into a montage of TV-style segments featuring British journalist Piers Morgan and CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper, alongside footage framed as Euronews, repeating the chorus \u2013 before cutting back to the family\u2019s ruined Christmas scene.
\nThe video closes with an address to viewers: \u2018Dear Europeans, save your blind faith for Santa!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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