Russian Embassy lashes out at Frontier post for its misleading propaganda by its international news team and appeal Pakistani public that not to rely on false information of this newspaper.
“We have taken note of a series of anti-Russian articles published in the English-language Pakistani newspaper, the Frontier Post” embassy said.
To start with, we would like to emphasize that this periodical can hardly be called “Pakistani,” given that its global news service is headquartered in Washington. This Americanized team is responsible for selecting articles on the international agenda and invariably gives preference to ardent Russophobes and critics of Russian foreign policy and President Vladimir Putin.
Recently, it has been impossible to find a single article in the international section of the newspaper that portrays Russia or its leadership in a positive or even neutral light. We respect freedom of speech and the editorial board’s right to publish authors with different points of view. However, the current barrage of anti-Russian articles containing standard Western propaganda and lacking any alternative viewpoint makes one wonder whether the editorial board’s policy is based on a political agenda promoted by anti-Russian forces rather than on freedom of speech.
It is bewildering that the newspaper, which devotes an entire section to news about Afghanistan, completely ignored the Moscow Format of Consultations (October 7, 2025), an event that received decent coverage in the local media. This approach further highlights the Russophobic nature of the Westernized editorial office and demonstrates its disregard for Pakistan’s efforts to promote its approach to regional issues on leading specialized platforms.
As for the anti-Russian theses in the newspaper, the editorial staff shows little originality, mindlessly copying standard Western propaganda such as “weak economy,” “vulnerability to sanctions” and “military superiority of the West.” Washington-based Frontier Post journalists manipulate facts to portray Russia as a vulnerable country on the brink of economic collapse, thereby justifying new Western sanctions that ultimately harm the economies of the countries imposing them.
Despite facing enormous external pressure, which is unprecedented in the history of any country, the Russian economy has demonstrated steady progress. In 2024, Russia’s GDP increased by 4.1%, with certain sectors, such as manufacturing, growing by up to 8.5%. Russia’s unemployment rate stands at 2.5%, and the expected average annual inflation rate for 2025 is 6.5–7%. These are strange indicators for a country with an “economy vulnerable to collapse.” Furthermore, the recent successful testing of Russia’s Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile and Poseidon unmanned multipurpose underwater vehicle hardly suggests Western dominance in the military sphere.
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