Bloomberg Approaches Russian-speaking Americans

IN HIS ADVERTISEMENT on Russian radio, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg says in Russian: "I love this town and know how to make it better." Russian-speaking voters would appreciate Mr. Bloomberg's effort, if only the mayor did not say this phrase with the worst Russian accent of all time.

It mildly resembles the accent with which Russian actors portray Nazi officers speaking to prisoners in films about WWII, but Mr. Bloomberg's rendition is worse.