How Russian media spin Trump impeachment talk

Wondering how America’s impeachment obsession is playing elsewhere? Well, the Russians are loving it – and not just ... [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 10 October 2019 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair [Bryan Keogh] A note from... Bryan Keogh Economics + Business Editor Wondering how America’s impeachment obsession is playing elsewhere? Well, the Russians are loving it – and not just President Vladimir Putin. Comedy TV, political operatives and even cartoonists are having a field day with what they are calling “Ukrainegate.” Cynthia Hooper, a historian at the College of the Holy Cross who studies contemporary Russia, explains how the Russian media tend to echo their counterparts in the U.S. Except the jokes are different and [Kremlin-backed pundits are skillfully spinning stories to highlight U.S. political dysfunction](. 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