The Russian Embassy in Pakistan launched a sharp attack and slammed a Pakistani newspaper ‘The Frontier Post,’ accusing the publication of running a “series of anti-Russian articles” and serving a “political agenda promoted by anti-Russian forces.
In post on X, the Embassy wrote, “We have taken note of a series of anti-Russian articles published in the English-language Pakistani newspaper, The Frontier Post. To start with, we would like to emphasise that this periodical can hardly be called ‘Pakistani,’ given that its global news service is headquartered in Washington.”
The statement alleged that the newspaper’s “Americanised team” was responsible for “selecting articles on the international agenda” and that it “invariably gives preference to ardent Russophobes and critics of Russian foreign policy and President Vladimir Putin.”
“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,” the Embassy said in the statement.
It added, “while it respects freedom of speech, 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.
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— Embassy of Russia in Pakistan (@RusEmbPakistan) November 6, 2025
“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 stated.
The Embassy also slammed the publication for completely ignoring the Moscow Format of Consultations on Afghanistan held on October 7, 2025, an event, it said, “received decent coverage in the local media.”
“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,” it read.
The Embassy accused the newspaper’s editorial staff of “mindlessly copying standard Western propaganda.
“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,” it added.
Rebuking the claims, the Embassy defended Russia’s economic performance, saying, “Despite facing enormous external pressure, which is unprecedented in the history of any country, the Russian economy has demonstrated steady progress.”
It pointed out that “in 2024, Russia’s GDP increased by 4.1%, with certain sectors, such as manufacturing, growing by up to 8.5%,” while the unemployment rate stood at 2.5%, and inflation for 2025 was expected to be “6.5-7%.”It asked Pakistanis to “seek information from various sources and not rely on publications that serve the dubious interests of foreign sponsors.”
“These are strange indicators for a country with an ‘economy vulnerable to collapse,’” the Embassy remarked, also citing “the recent successful testing of Russia’s Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile and Poseidon unmanned multipurpose underwater vehicle” as evidence that “Western dominance in the military sphere” was a “myth.”
