Fun fact: since the Trump era, Russia’s political and media el | RussiaGate #Digest

Fun fact: since the Trump era, Russia’s political and media elites have adopted the term “fake news,” but they say merely, “fakes” (фейки). The transliterated word existed before the Donald, of course, but it’s now mainstream.

In fact, most news reports about “disinformation” charges against invasion critics use the term “fakes” instead of “disinformation.”

U.S.-Russian tensions are sky-high, but the English language continues to rock, even in Moskva.