BITTER BETTY
The host of a popular state-funded TV show was excited about grilling Biden at the Geneva summit. After finding out he wouldn't get a chance—he was disappointed, to say the least.
Julia Davis is a columnist for The Daily Beast and the creator of the Russian Media Monitor. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, and Women In Film.
BIG DEBUT
In the countdown to the summit between the two presidents, pro-Kremlin TV saw it fit to interview an infamous Capitol rioter and describe him as “an American patriot.”
‘GET UP AND FIGHT BACK’
In a crackdown on a U.S.-funded media outlet, the Kremlin’s FSB has allegedly beat, electro-shocked, and threatened to fake a reporter’s suicide if he didn’t confess to spying.
DEAD ON ARRIVAL
The Kremlin propaganda machine is already out in full swing with a wild disinformation campaign surrounding the Biden-Putin summit in June.
‘WELL DONE, BATKA’
“Never thought I’d be jealous of Belarus for any reason. But now I’m jealous,” one top Kremlin loyalist tweeted after the plane carrying the journalist was diverted to arrest him.
HERE WE GO AGAIN
One Kremlin propagandist even suggested that the struggle for Ukraine will end in a “nuclear conflict” between Russia and NATO.
‘DON’T EVEN NEED THE NUKES’
The head of the Kremlin-funded RT and Sputnik news agencies believes Russia will invade Ukraine, sparking a conflict with the U.S. that will force entire cities into blackouts.
COLD WAR PROBLEMS
Russian and Chinese officials are spreading conspiracy theories about alleged bio-labs “under U.S. control” along their borders—implying that COVID is an American-made virus.
TIT FOR TAT
“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” one Russian official said after Biden called Putin a “killer.”
SORE LOSERS
Biden’s first round of sanctions has left Russia’s state media pundits bemoaning the loss of Trump, who did nothing about Navalny poisoning.
