Worst Cliches Of Russia Reporting

Michael Idov of Russia! magazine (disclosure: PRG is a publisher of this title) gives a useful rundown of memes and metaphors used for reporting on Russia.

FROM RUSSIA WITH BLANK. Here are the results for NYT alone. In the last few years, the newspaper’s subjects have come FROM RUSSIA WITH following things: loathing, cash, cash (different article), tats, wealth, Olympic sponsors, red tape, luster, deal, !!!!, dread, verve, affable understatement, discomfort, tsoris, individuality, sympathy, petroleum, luxe, scorn, hope, hope and fear, love for U.S. goods, humor, dark humor, all kinds of weird stuff, rubles, buzz, blood and shape shifters, without twang but with country in their hearts, magic, bankruptcy, hearty dose of eclecticism, perestroika, paint and politics, songs of days long gone, endorsements, talent, retributions, apologies, Mozart, fur, and finally “love and a few other things.”

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