One problem for the Russians is that they have not yet learned how to play the media game. Their authoritarian government might never do so.

Right! They did not learned how to lie, make false assumptions, put fake photos, press people minds with constantly putting same false pictures of destructions, refugees...like CNN, BBC and other western media.
But truth is slowly appearing anyway...truth about USA , western Europe , NATO and others actions. No one else believes western media. People are turning to Al Jazzira to learn truth. They may even turn to Russia today as time goes...


Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein