As the economy descends ever further down the toilet, one has to marvel at the brazen contempt The One Eyed Son Of The Manse has for reality.

At PMQ’s and endless speeches, in a nostalgic throwback to the Soviet era we are always reminded that tractor production is up for a a record number of successive years. So predictable has this become that a great parody site exists with this very name.

But our former Soviet enemies haven’t quite shaken the habit. Take this marvellously bland announcement yesterday over at The National News Agency Of Ukraine.

High Voltage Union produces 10,000th vacuum circuit breaker
KYIV, January 6 /UKRINFORM/. Rivne Plant of High-Voltage Equipment JSC (RZVA) of the Ukraine-Russia High Voltage Union Concern (West Ukraine) produced its 10,000th vacuum circuit breaker BP1, UKRINFORM correspondent reports with reference to the RZVA press-service.

These products have successfully replaced the low-oil-content analogues at hundreds of power grids of Ukraine and other countries.

Reliability and safety is proved by the All-Russian Scientific/Research Center of High Voltage Equipment in Moscow.

This, it seems, counts as important “News” in the Ukraine. Pity them all.

Don’t bother going to the link because that’s all it says. At least TheEye gives you pictures.