RUSSIANS were told over breakfast yesterday what really happened in Georgia: the conflict in South Ossetia was part of a plot by US Vice-President Dick Cheney to stop Barack Obama being elected president of the US.
The line came on the main news of Vesti FM, a state radio station that -- like the Government and much of Russia's media -- has reverted to the old habits of Soviet years, inwhich a sinister US hand washeld to lie behind every conflict, especially those embarrassing to Moscow.
The Obama angle is getting wide play. It was aired on Wednesday by Sergei Markov, a senior political scientist who is close to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "George Bush's administration is promoting interests of candidate John McCain," Dr Markov said.
"Defeated by Barack Obama on all fronts, McCain has one last card to play yet -- the creation of a virtual Cold War with Russia."A classic of Soviet-speak also came from Vasili Lickhachev, a former Russian ambassador to the EU.
"The West has spent a lot of time, energy and money to teach Georgia the tricks of the trade ... to make the country look like a democracy, We and many other nations see through this deceit."Modern Russia may be plugged into the internet and the global marketplace but in the battle for world opinion the Kremlin is replaying the old black and white movie...
[we must remember that Putin assumed control of Russia's media years ago...]
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