President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will not be running for a second term has sent Russia’s state news channels into a paroxysm of mockery. Their central theme is that American democracy is a joke and “Putinism,” with its stability and strength, is far superior. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that these messages say a lot more about Russia and the Kremlin’s politics than the US election.
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