When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Omsk, the second largest city in Siberia, on August 28, Vesti, the prime news show on the Rossiya-1 state television channel, which is watched by nearly 99% of Russians and a hundred million viewers abroad, ran a segment showing how Omsk is developing into a modern and eco-friendly city.
“I’ve lived here for 20 or so years, (expletive), but don’t remember that we had such picturesque landscapes. Omsk is one (expletive) ugly grey-panel sprawl,” a local man wrote on an Internet forum, according to Meduza.io.
