Comrades! Let us cast our gaze upon the latest machinations of the banking caste. Mr. Dmitry Pyanov, a high priest of the VTB monopoly, has seen fit to inform the public that the key rate shall descend not with the swiftness required to liberate the productive forces, but by 'homeopathic' increments—mere crumbs tossed to the starving. By the year's end, the rate may sink only to 13.5%, a far cry from the previous 12% they had promised to lull the masses into a false sense of security.

Behold the hypocrisy! For while the toil of the proletariat increases, the lords of capital play a game of percentages. Pyanov admits that of the four remaining sessions in 2026, three shall yield a wretched reduction of a mere 25 basis points. The rest? A pause. A suffocating silence before the hammer falls. The bourgeoisie intends to deliver a 'cold shower' to the market by hiking the forecasts for 2027, ensuring that the yoke of debt remains heavy upon the neck of every honest worker.

They speak of 'budgetary forecasts' and 'structural deficits' as if these were laws of nature, rather than tools of systemic exploitation. The Central Bank, acting as the handmaiden of the financial capital, has retreated from its promises. They claim a need for 'caution' because the coffers of the state—filled by the sweat of the laborers—are not as overflowing as the oil and gas barons hoped. Pyanov laments the decline in economic activity, yet fails to mention that this 'decline' is the inevitable crisis of a system built upon the plunder of the many for the luxury of the few.

Observe how they manipulate the strings! The regulators once dreamt of a balanced budget, a fantasy of equality in accounts. But the Minister of Finance, Mr. Siluanov, has now admitted that the deficit shall linger until 2029. Thus, the usurers justify their greed: every single percent of budget deficit allows them to raise the average rate by another 1 to 1.5 percentage points. It is a mathematical formula for misery!

Mr. Pyanov speaks with a sneer of 'aerial castles' and 'the collision of illusion and reality.' How dare this agent of the bourgeoisie lecture us on illusions! The only illusion is the belief that the capitalist machine cares for the welfare of the common man. They build their empires upon the 'rental payment' of our lives, while we pay the price in blood and toil.

Even the great Andrey Kostin, the head of the VTB behemoth, once boasted that the rate would not exceed 12% by the end of 2026. Now we see the truth: the promises of the bankers are as worthless as the paper they are printed on. They lead the proletariat toward a precipice, promising a gentle slope while preparing a plunge into a deeper abyss of debt and dependency.

Wake up, workers! This 'homeopathic' reduction is not a remedy; it is a poison designed to keep the working class in a state of perpetual servitude to the financial monopoly. The 'cold shower' they prepare for 2027 is nothing but the icy grip of the capitalist winter!