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Seriously, I think Deborski is mostly right about stereotyping of Soviets and Russians in American media, but there are a few notable exceptions.

The most surprising exception that I can recall...

You forgot:

4. Klingons

http://www.shamelessmag.com/media/content/2009/05/the-duras-sisters.jpg
American scientists predict that by the 24th century, Space-Russians will have evolved
to look...

It wasn't ALL made up or faked. Arguably, it was unfairly selective -- in that more positive discussions of the US in the Soviet media were omitted -- but a "lie of omission" is different from...

Ah -- yes, I agree that it could have been CIA employees making a joke to each other.

I think it's equally possible, however, that:

1. Nobody in the CIA's computer-animation department spoke...

But this video, as I said, was not made for Russians to watch -- it was made for the viewing of President Reagan and other Americans who didn't know the Russian alphabet.

I solemnly promise you...

When I first started teaching English in Moscow -- late August 1993 -- I felt exactly the same way about the McDonalds: "How pathetic!" As you say, McDonalds cheeseburgers really are rather lousy (I...

I agree with you, but I've heard that "potential confusability" is the reason that strict Orthodox Jews will not eat chicken (or other bird-meat) with dairy -- because, if bought from an unscrupulous...

Reposting a YouTube video that someone linked here a couple years ago -- it's a short film produced by the CIA as a briefing for President Reagan before his visit to the USSR, and purports to show...