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U.S. public-relations firm helps Putin make his case to America.....
In April 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was asked an unusually flattering question by an American journalist: "Are you the coolest man in politics?"
The interview, which ran on the website of Outdoor Life magazine, was set up by Ketchum Inc., the U.S. public-relations firm that has worked to burnish Russia's image since 2006.
On Thursday, Ketchum scored another public-relations coup: It helped place a Putin commentary in opinion pages of The New York Times, just as representatives from Russia and the United States were beginning to meet in Geneva to negotiate a plan for Syria to give up its chemical weapons.
The article made quite a splash in Washington. Putin painted himself as a peacemaker and lectured the United States for what he said was a tendency to use "brute force" in world disputes. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he was "insulted" by the article, while the White House noted that Putin was taking advantage of press freedoms unavailable in Russia.
Ketchum, a division of the Omnicom Group Inc., has earned more than $25 million working for Russia, according to documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice. It also has been paid more than $26 million since 2007 to promote Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas company.
In 2007, Ketchum successfully lobbied Time magazine to name Putin its "Person of the Year," according to U.S. Justice Department lobbying disclosure filings that show repeated meetings between Ketchum representatives and Time staffers.
"He expanded his outsize - if not always benign - influence on global affairs," Time wrote of Putin.....snip~
U.S. public-relations firm helps Putin make his case to America
Well, well, well.....What do you think about this. Same US Pr Firm lobbied for Putin to make the Cover of Time magazine? Anyone know about this Company? Why were they able to get the NY Times to allow Putin an Op-Ed to Diss the United Stated? Why would this American Company want to do such a thing?
Where are those Obamatons now? Always trying to play it like people are Hailing Putin. Got anything to say about this US Company that gives more money to the Democrat in the US? As they try and soften Russia's viewed perception on Humanitarian Issues. Thoughts?
In April 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was asked an unusually flattering question by an American journalist: "Are you the coolest man in politics?"
The interview, which ran on the website of Outdoor Life magazine, was set up by Ketchum Inc., the U.S. public-relations firm that has worked to burnish Russia's image since 2006.
On Thursday, Ketchum scored another public-relations coup: It helped place a Putin commentary in opinion pages of The New York Times, just as representatives from Russia and the United States were beginning to meet in Geneva to negotiate a plan for Syria to give up its chemical weapons.
The article made quite a splash in Washington. Putin painted himself as a peacemaker and lectured the United States for what he said was a tendency to use "brute force" in world disputes. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he was "insulted" by the article, while the White House noted that Putin was taking advantage of press freedoms unavailable in Russia.
Ketchum, a division of the Omnicom Group Inc., has earned more than $25 million working for Russia, according to documents filed with the U.S. Department of Justice. It also has been paid more than $26 million since 2007 to promote Gazprom, Russia's state-owned gas company.
In 2007, Ketchum successfully lobbied Time magazine to name Putin its "Person of the Year," according to U.S. Justice Department lobbying disclosure filings that show repeated meetings between Ketchum representatives and Time staffers.
"He expanded his outsize - if not always benign - influence on global affairs," Time wrote of Putin.....snip~
U.S. public-relations firm helps Putin make his case to America
Well, well, well.....What do you think about this. Same US Pr Firm lobbied for Putin to make the Cover of Time magazine? Anyone know about this Company? Why were they able to get the NY Times to allow Putin an Op-Ed to Diss the United Stated? Why would this American Company want to do such a thing?
Where are those Obamatons now? Always trying to play it like people are Hailing Putin. Got anything to say about this US Company that gives more money to the Democrat in the US? As they try and soften Russia's viewed perception on Humanitarian Issues. Thoughts?
