Simply now
Steve Rosenberg,Russia Editor, in Ivanovo
![BBC A sign in Russia reading To Victory](https://i0.wp.com/ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/7f2d/live/c7555680-1dcb-11ef-b790-e7e89cc6cb7b.jpg.webp?w=662&ssl=1)
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s actually going locations.
“Document harvest!”
“Greater than 2000km of roads repaired in Ivanovo Area!”
“Change for the Higher!”
On this city, a four-hour drive from Moscow, a large banner glorifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine covers all the wall of an outdated cinema. With photos of troopers and a slogan:
“To Victory!”
These posters depict a rustic marching in the direction of financial and…