Why is CNN running Putin's propaganda? Russia's numbers are "low" because they are lying. They are always lying until proven otherwise. They don't take down misinformation, they take down the truth. I'm furious. cnn.com/2020/03/21/eur…
Russians' distrust of the Putin regime isn't "a legacy of the Soviet past" and Chernobyl. Such bullshit. It's from 20 years of Putin's state-controlled media telling us it's not raining while we get soaked.
"Social distancing started relatively early" in Russia? A CNN reporter repeats this garbage? This photo is a chess event in Yekaterinburg from 5 days ago! Football stadiums were packed 7 days ago. 
Btw, that banner from the Mar 14 Zenit game in St Petersburg, where they'd already had confirmed COVID-19 cases, says "We're all infected with football and will die for Zenit". Tragically it's true. But most of their deaths won't be listed as coronavirus.
Authoritarian regimes must, at all costs, appear to be omnipotent. Putin is the invincible defender of the motherland & every Russian. Of course he defeats a mere virus. That's fine for state TV, but CNN must do better.
If you think Russia lying about this doesn't matter to you, consider that the long list of countries from which flights to the US are banned doesn't include Russia. Moscow-NYC just landed a few hours ago. flightaware.com/live/flight/AF…
