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Action Packed Trailer Promoting....A Putin Press Conference

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"Russia s official state-run news channel, Russia-1, has always been a bit brazen about cheerleading Russian President Vladimir Putin as a national action hero. But Russia-1 is taking that to a new level this week. The channel is broadcasting ads for Putin s forthcoming press conference, on the disastrous fall of the ruble, that look very little like sober news coverage and very much like the trailer for a Hollywood Michael Bay action film." Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xai7ttzbx5M Read more here: http://www.vox.com/2014/12/16/7402469/putin-russia-ads Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) and Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) of The Young Turks play the trailer and discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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