No One Seems to Know Why a Top Putin Advisor Was Brutally Murdered in His DC Hotel a Few Months Ago

In our nation's capital where, increasingly, no one seems to be in charge, a brutal murder of a Russian official was covered up and reported as a "heart attack," just four months ago.  We now know, as reported by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, that the death of Mikhail Lesin in the Dupont Circle Hotel was due to a violent attack involving "blunt force trauma" to his head and body in a way that must have resulted in a very messy and bloody scene in his hotel room.  Nonetheless, both US and Russian sources initially reported the death as "natural."

We know very little about Mikhail Lesin except that he was an executive at Gazprom-Media and had been a top advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Why he was murdered, by whom and why he was in Washington, DC, at all, is a mystery.  Even more troubling, perhaps, is why the murder was so compulsively and completely covered up for four months.

This is no small thing.  The nation is still recovering from the unexpected death of its most conservative and controversial Supreme Court Justice, whose death was reported to be from "natural causes."  Are we to become a nation where we expect to always be lied to about such deaths?  Have we already?  Read more about this at Zero Hedge.

How Many Kopeks In A Ruble, Ed?

Insufferable airhorn Ed Schultz, formerly of MSNBC, has landed a peach of a job with Russia Today as a mouthpiece for the Kremlin-backed television organization.

Of his new job Schultz said, "I am very happy to cooperate with RT. This television organization has firmly outlined its position in American media, representing the interests of different corporations.  RT is not afraid to acquaint the audience with an alternative point of view, new voices and fresh story, even if it is not to the liking of some members of the mainstream.  The news channel that talks with such persistence to the problems of ordinary Americans is perfectly suited for my program. "

"For the launch of the TV channel RT America, we knew that the only way to conquer the American audience was to be different, to cover stories that ignore the mainstream.  And this approach is fully justified,” said chief editor of RT Margarita Simonyan.  “That is why stars of American journalism like Ed Schultz join the team RT.”

How hard can it be to become a Russian bullshit artist after spending all those years being a liberal apologist?  Just don’t eff up Eddie.  I hear Siberia can be a little chilly.