Oh what a tangled web we weave,

When first we practise to deceive!

-- Sir Walter Scott

To be fair about it, the Russian government has been practicing deceit for a long time.

A lesson in propaganda. A pro-Russian interview about South Ossetia is run on Fox news. The interview is edited and shown in Russia to demonstrate anti-Russian bias by the US. Both versions appear on YouTube, available worldwide. Says Steven Levitt, "In the age of YouTube, however, you can run but you can’t hide." NYT here.