Russian media have gotten hold of a letter purportedly sent by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk showing nefarious collusion. It’s a laughably obvious fake, but that hasn’t stopped Russian media from reporting it.

Citizens of Putin’s Russia are more anti-American than Russians were in Soviet days.

Putin is ramping up funding for Russia Today and other state-controlled propaganda outfits.

As the Kremlin rolls military convoys into eastern Ukraine, polls still show that a majority of Russians don’t believe any Russian troops are involved in the conflict.