Paul Craig Roberts, who served as the US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy in the Ronald Reagan administration, has asked President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport in a tongue-in-cheek opinion post published in response to a recent article in the Washington Post on so-called Russian propaganda. Those who apparently express opinions different from the message spread by the corporate mainstream media were essentially branded as "routine peddlers of Russian propaganda." This is where Paul Craig Roberts, who has been critical of Washington's increasingly assertive behavior, comes in. The Kremlin has already said that it was ready to consider the matter if Paul Craig Roberts files an application.