“But we take traitors of the motherland and sentence them to two years, fine them, they record apologies.
“Their corpses are not hanging from, figuratively speaking, poles, they are not afraid to betray the motherland, they are not afraid to throw bottles at military commissariats, not afraid to supply data on the movement of our troops, not afraid to burn relay cabinets.”
The propagandist continued: “They are not afraid. They don’t see the inevitability of punishment and the dreaded sentences.
“They see no punishment…We allow scumbags to threaten anyone they want, and they are not sought out and punished by agencies outside our motherland.
“No one was brought in in a bag, no one was liquidated on the spot. Nothing was done.”
Solovyov has been known to launch into febrile rants in support of the death penalty and the use of nuclear weapons since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
He was especially vocal in support of the execution of “traitors” and their “sponsors”, to underline the danger of going against the Kremlin.
The TV host previously said: “I believe that we should reject the moratorium on the death penalty and introduce articles allowing the execution of traitors and their accomplices, terrorists and their accomplices, sponsors, and financiers, including shooting deserters who abandoned the combat order and betrayed their comrades.
“Brutal discipline, personal responsibility of those making the decisions, iron will in carrying out the orders.
