Hey, papasha! Russian top-blogger papasha_mueller takes me to task for a post last week (IZO) dealing with the Western powers' attempts to influence the russian-language blogosphere (papasha_mueller). 

He thinks that my last sentence, which states that the Russians are pursuing a similar strategy, transforms the whole post into anti-Russian propaganda. Well, I don't think that a reasonable person would agree: plainly, Western activities are the main focus of the post.  

papasha further asks for evidence to support my statement that "There is plenty of evidence that Russia has been waging this kind of propaganda war for some time." Well, for example, here's an article which discusses the creation by Russia of "a network of friendly bloggers ready to disseminate propaganda on demand" (WP).

In fact, it's not clear to me why my assertion that Russia is using the same propaganda tactics as Western powers should be viewed as anti-Russian. If I were Russian, wouldn't I want my government to be doing this sort of thing?