While President Vladimir Putin says he'll work with whoever wins the U.S. presidential election, Russia's state-dominated media make no bones about which candidate they believe is in Moscow's best interest.
The preference is so pronounced that the Kremlin’s chief propagandist, Dmitry Kiselyov, told viewers of his nationally televised program this week that the American political elite may kill Donald Trump rather than allow him to improve ties with Russia as president. Other outlets have seized on the Republican candidate’s declarations that he’ll seek good relations with Putin and may even recognize Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea that prompted international sanctions.
