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me.? A prominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or Iran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the case t

,' in Freedom on the Net 2016 (New York: Freedom House, 2016), bttps://f reedomhou se.org/report/freeginm-note2016/rus- sit 4. Peter Pomerantsev and Michael Weiss, The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Vieaoonyzes Into:motion Culture and Money (New York Institute of Modem Russia, 2014), reality Final.pdf.

ivil war," was also designed as another milksop to Russia. The speech used precisely the language that the Kremlin uses whenever it wants to accuse the United States of acting like a superpower: "This is not a zero-sum endeavor," Obama said of the current geopolitical landscape. "We are no longer in a Cold War.

an Kurdistan: another state in the making in the Middle East? Robert Olson Article 5. The American Interest Russia's Return to the Middle East Michael Weiss Anu•k I. Los Angeles Times Moonwalking in Syria Doyle McManus December 15, 2013 -- Here's how feeble U.S. influence on the outcome of Syria's

.’ A prominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or |ran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the

rominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or |ran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the case th

may feel emboldened to drop their quasi-democratic camouflage due to the lack of diplomatic repercus- sions for such actions. The European Union and the United States have criticized Belarus as “Europe's last dictatorship,” but they always seem willing to give Lu- kashenka another chance to improve relations based

rists to sabotage the Russian commercial airliner that was destroyed after takeoff in the Sinai in 2015. ¢ A three-year-old boy was crucified by the U.S.- backed Ukrainian army in Slovyansk in 2014. ¢ The United States is planning a major war in Eu- rope to enable Washington to cancel its national debt