A different Russia this time around
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 2:13AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT: "Russia: Beyond the Headlines (This pull-out is produced and published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta)," Washington Post, 27 August 2008, 8 pages.

Interesting to spot.

Series of stories about Georgia-Russian conflict that obviously are more friendly to the Russian perspective, with additional bits on Solzhenitsyn's death, Sochi 2014 Games, travelogue on Lake Baikal, and "A Fresh Approach to Seafood."

Propaganda, of course, when other countries do this, but "strategic communications" when we do the same.

Pretty slick. Not exactly 1968.

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