John McCain Prepares To Troll Vladimir Putin In A Russian Newspaper
On Thursday night, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) joked to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would love to write an op-ed for Pravda, a Russian publication, to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times on Wednesday.
Now, that looks like it's becoming a reality.
Dmitry Sudakov, the English editor of Pravda, told Foreign Policy on Friday that McCain would be "welcome" to write an opinion piece for the newspaper. McCain's spokesman, Brian Rogers, confirmed that he will submit a piece.
"Mr. McCain has been an active anti-Russian politician for many years already," Sudakov told Foreign Policy. "We have been critical of his stance on Russia and international politics in our materials, but we would be only pleased to publish a story penned by such a prominent politician as John McCain."
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http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-vladimir-putin-op-ed-nyt-pravda2013-9
Wonder whether McCain realizes that after Pravda was shut down by Yeltsin and revived by the Communist Party, it is no longer a very respectable news outlet. It hardly has the stature in Russia that the NY Times has in the US.
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