“Wasn’t it just a few years ago when Russia/aka Soviet Union was the darling of the New York Times and the Washington Post? I’ve lived too long I guess.”
The reason they hate Russia now is because, under Putin, it is no longer pushing international communism and it's returning to its Christian roots.
13 posted on 01/02/2017 10:02:59 AM PST by WMarshal
( Schadenfreude, it feels so good!)