I don’t want to, but I must now take you through what is happening in this video, the flat theatrics of this very sad internet play and its various aromatic hues of bullshit. Our “story” begins at LifeNews.ru, a Kremlin-friendly website and 24-hour TV channel that none of you watch, except for maybe that time their “expert political analyst” said the CIA did Charlie Hedbo.
Boiling With Expectations
LifeNews introduces Ruslan Shchedrin, the 100,000th visitor of “a site where gamers purchase various weapons to use in other games.” And “here he is now, exactly where he was when he found out he won, at his favorite laptop,” casually scrolling through that very website, of course.
“First, I thought it was some sort of a scam,” says the turtlenecked teen cherub, gurgling through his grin. “But when I learned it wasn’t, I was beside myself with joy!” Has he seen her? “Ah, yes, I have seen her. I liked all of her. Good sizes.” He makes booby-circling motions. “Hmmmehh.” How does he feel? “I am boiling with expectations.” What will he tell her when he meets her? “Hi. I’m that boy that won you.”
Even More PR
Ruslan Shchedrin the boy gamer was quickly identified as Ruslan Shchedrin, the child actor. (Here’s a “sowreel.”) TJ Journal did a rundown of his acting profiles, as well as his sister Dina’s. But the press cycle sadness rolled on because sex might be happening.
LifeNews ran at least two follow-up video pieces — one with the father, creaking about how he will “take possession of the prize himself, as the boy’s legal guardian” and one with porn actress Ekaterina Makarova, discussing the logistics of this “acquisition” (“Will you be picking him up from school?”) and their cultural excursion plans to go the museum and stuff