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A Russian Take on 'The Americans' Scares Moscow Liberals
The political conversation in Putin's Russia increasingly revolves around cinematic versions of reality.
Hall of televised mirrors.
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While the U.S. gets accustomed to Russia's potential to make or break its presidential candidates, Russia is living in a dreamlike haze of its own. A good way to understand it is through a television series about U.S. meddling in Russia that recently hit the country's main state-owned channel.