Aboard the propaganda train – sweat and spin amid a turbulent Russian market

Aboard the propaganda train – sweat and spin amid a turbulent Russian market

There’s an old Russian joke about a foreigner who visits the Soviet Union. Knowing his letters will be read by the state censor, he devises a system to communicate with friends back home. If his letter is written in black ink, the message is true. If it is written in red ink, the message is …