| In his prime-time slot on state-controlled Channel One, Mr. Leontyev, equal parts Rush Limbaugh and Oliver Stone, has derided the United States as "a great power with a broken back," "a country where armed psychopaths regularly roam educational establishments" and "a parasite that owes the world $53 trillion." Opinion polls show a slight thaw in Russian perceptions of the United States, which have been in a long decline. |
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