The presenter’s tone was sneering as he spoke on Russian state television in front of an image of a nuclear explosion with a sprouting mushroom cloud. People on social media were spreading “hysteria” about the possibility of a third world war and the need to seek refuge as tensions increased between Moscow and the West, he said. But, just in case, the channel would tell them “how not to spend your money in vain”. The topic: a doomsday food kit to take to the nearest bomb shelter. Sweets were bad because they increased thirst.

Source: The Times April 11, 2018 23:02 UTC