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Putin's propaganda highlights need for public diplomacy - Boston Globe Tuesday July 29 th , 2014  at  9:54 AM Putin - Google News 1 Share Boston Globe Putin's  propaganda highlights need for public diplomacy Boston Globe Over the last six months, the Russian propaganda machine has pursued a two-pronged strategy toward its domestic audience. The first prong, used to justify Russia's takeover of Crimea, is a replay of what Hitler called the “Big Lie” — a false  ... UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES A 1931 Soviet propaganda poster states “The USSR is the elite brigade of the world proletariat.” »   House Passes Bill To Overhaul US International Broadcasting 29/07/14 08:43 from  Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would overhaul U.S. international broadcasting, including this agency, the Voice of America, four othe

Published on Jul 29, 2014 Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, is a “thug” and a “liar” , one of Britain’s most senior ambassadors has said, as the EU prepares to approve tough new sanctions against Kremlin. British ambassador to the United States Sir Peter Westmacott says West’s increasingly firm response to Russia over Ukraine and the downing of Flight #MH17 is beginning to have an impact on the Kremlin. Sir Peter said Mr Putin’s behaviour in Ukraine had been “thuggish, dishonest and reckless” and he “thought he’d done pretty well after he stole Crimea”. “It doesn’t look so good now,” he said on the US cable channel MSNBC, part of the NBC group. “It’s starting to look like this was the wrong call. This is a defining moment for what is going on in Ukraine. “We’ve had some very bad behaviour from the Russian side for a long time now, and now we’ve had this terrible atrocity — the shooting down of the aircraft. We have to change the cost/benefit analysis for Putin, fo