The propaganda war against Russia is so extreme that it appears that the authorities don't care if their misinformation is obvious.
For instance, UK's Express led with this headline: Putin's ruble meltdown.
Yet anyone can do a 10 second Google search and find this.

On Wednesday, the Russian ruble closed 6.6% higher against the US dollar at 66.30 — its highest level since March 2020, according to Reuters' records.

Another example is this headline: EU Rejects Russia’s Ruble-For-Gas Scheme, Warns Of Supply Shock.
Once again, the headline faces a contrast in reality.

Four European gas buyers have already paid for supplies in rubles as President Vladimir Putin demanded, according to a person close to Russian gas giant Gazprom PJSC.

On one hand you have Poland demanding that anyone buying Russian gas should be sanctioned. While on the other hand you have India openly calling the West's bluff.

And the White House was making its displeasure clear, calling New Delhi “somewhat shaky” and speaking of its “disappointment.”

Then all of a sudden, the West’s tune changed. When Biden met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month, it was all diplomatic backslapping and soundbites about “a deep connection between our people” and “shared values.” Then on Friday British leader Boris Johnson flew into Delhi to talk up trade ties and pose for costumed photo ops, all while glossing over “differences” regarding Russia.

Yet India’s stance on Ukraine remains largely the same. It is still buying cheap Russian oil – in fact, it has bought nearly as much in the first months of 2022 as it did in whole of 2021, according to Reuters – and it remains quiet on Moscow’s invasion.

Looking at all of this you might be incline to believe that Russia is winning this economic war, and that it's safe to defy the West. After all, 165 nations in the world have refused to sanction Russia. Pakistan proves that assumption is incorrect.

Back in March I pointed out how Pakistan's PM traveled to Moscow to sign a trade deal even while the West was banging the drums of war against Russia.

Pakistan has become the first country to officially sign a huge trade deal with Russia at a time when Moscow has come under severe criticism for invading Ukraine.

I made the mistake of taking my eyes off of Pakistan until these last few days, because that "severe criticism" had ramifications.

Pakistan, a nuclear power with 200 million people, did more than simply abstain from the UN vote. When the United States asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to join the anti-Russia coalition, he scoffed, “Are we your slaves…that whatever you say, we will do?” This came not long after he told the Pentagon: “Any bases, any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan, absolutely not.” On the day President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine, Khan was with him in the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu told a Congressional hearing that his people spoke to Sri Lankan and Pakistani officials on the phone to press them to vote for the resolution. He said he was “disappointed” with the results. On April 9 Khan was removed from office after some members of Parliament who had supported him changed sides and joined the opposition.

Pakistan’s pro-American military had let members of Parliament know that it favored a no-confidence vote. Khan had other problems, including a poor economic record. He has announced that he will seek to return to power in next year’s election, campaigning against an “arrogant and threatening” United States.

Khan went farther than that. In a tweet he posted: “Thank you to all Pakistanis for their amazing outpouring of support & emotions to protest against US-backed regime change abetted by local Mir Jafars to bring into power a coterie of pliable crooks all out on bail. Shows Pakistanis at home & abroad have emphatically rejected this.”
Khan claims that the U.S. wanted to establish military bases in Pakistan, and he told them no.

Addressing the overseas Pakistanis in a video message, Khan said that the US wanted bases in Pakistan in order to "conduct (counter attacks) from here in case if there were any terrorism in Afghanistan" - something Khan said he found "absolutely unacceptable", Dawn newspaper reported.

He said Pakistan had already lost 80,000 lives in the US-led 'war on terror' and still its sacrifices were never appreciated, with many US politicians blaming it instead.

"First they blamed us, then they didn't appreciate us, our country and tribal areas were destroyed and now (they) are again asking for bases. I would have never agreed to this and the problems (between us) started from there," he was quoted as saying by the paper.

So now that Khan is gone, and the U.S.-backed PM is in charge, what do you think that they are talking about?

“We value our bilateral relationship. We want to continue to work together in areas where we do have mutual interests with our Pakistani partners. That includes counterterrorism. That includes border security as well,” Spokesman Ned Price said at his daily press briefing on Wednesday.

A recent Gallup poll shows that 72% of Pakistanis view the U.S. as an enemy, rather than an ally. I wonder if the fact that we bombed then for a decade has anything to do with it?

It's important to say that Khan wasn't a very good leader, but he was elected by the people of Pakistan. Let's not overlook the fact that the U.S. is doing regime changes in a nuclear power!
So is Russia all that much different than Pakistan?