Kremlin-friendly pundits and programs have been savoring every shot of protesters in Los Angeles this week, some proclaiming that the United States must be in midst of a new "civil war."
A Russia-1 TV presenter put in bluntly: "I'm enjoying what I see."
He was not alone.
"Congratulations on the beginning of a civil war in the United States of America," announced pro-Kremlin personality Vladimir Solovyov. "Unfortunately, I'm joking," he added mirthlessly.
Andrey Cherkasov of RFE/RL's Current Time surveyed the Kremlin-friendly media landscape over the past few days and found it rife with pronouncements of widespread pandemonium in the United States.
"In reality, the unrest in Los Angeles is limited to a small area," Cherkasov said, "but the propagandists describe it as a nationwide catastrophe."
