RFE/RL’s Tom Balmforth asked Moscow residents what they knew from the Russian media about the July 17 crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine. Some respondents blamed the Ukrainian government — and the United States — for the apparent downing of the passenger airplane. Others dismissed Russian television as an unreliable source of information and said antigovernment rebels in eastern Ukraine were responsible for the plane crash.
No panic from Putin as West still doesn’t recognize nature of his threat to the world, Pavlova says
Edited by: A. N. Many Russian opposition commentators are saying that in the wake of the release of…