[Karl Spooner]

The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports what a source has told it about a new directive suppressing Russian media coverage of Trump:

Looks like a pretty reliable source you got there.

[marcusmaximus]

“Against this background, it is increasingly difficult to explain to Russians why their ‘friends’ are Turkey, Iran, North Korea and China, which have completely different and in many ways unacceptable cultural values for Russians…