Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say
Source: Bloomberg
by Irina Reznik , Stepan Kravchenko , and Ilya Arkhipov
February 16, 2017, 9:28 AM EST
The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump, reflecting a growing concern among senior Russian officials that the new U.S. administration will be less friendly than first thought, three people familiar with the matter said.
The order comes amid a growing chorus of anti-Russian sentiment in Washington, where U.S. spy and law-enforcement agencies are conducting multiple investigations to determine the full extent of contacts Trumps advisers had with Russia during and after the 2016 election campaign.
Vladimir Putins administration justified the decision to curb coverage of Trump by saying that Russian viewers no longer find details of his transition to power interesting, according to one of the people. In reality, some of the most popular TV segments on Trump touched on ideas the Kremlin would rather not promote, such as his pledge to drain the swamp, the person said.
They wont pour buckets of criticism on Trump, they just wont talk about him much, Konstantin von Eggert, a political commentator for TV Rain, Russias only independent channel, said by phone. The fate of Russia-American relations is much less predictable than it was just a few weeks ago.
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underpants
(182,949 posts)Not saying, just saying
Nitram
(22,913 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Putin's goal is to destabilize USA so he can have a freer hand in Europe and the Middle East. He is also trying to destabilize France and Germany by interfering and hacking in their elections now.
Putin will leak stuff tRump really really doesn't want leaked when tRump is no longer useful to Putin.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,336 posts)What is Russia's end game? What is their plan?
That make sense.
DavidDvorkin
(19,495 posts)Turbineguy
(37,374 posts)A slightly more subtle approach is needed.
tavernier
(12,410 posts)was a dead give-away?
elmac
(4,642 posts)your commie goose is cooked
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)with respect to most of Russian state TV.
But it is not true of RT - they have been really
tough on Trump, more so than the MSM.
Maeve
(42,297 posts)louis-t
(23,309 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)In other words.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)You are not truly appreciating the art form if you busy focusing on the Russians pulling Trump's strings.