Did the Russian Federation hire Borat as PR-czar?

Российская газета, the new Pravda, spent a heap of money on this insert that ran in yesterday's Washington Post. You need to read these articles with your best Boris Badenov accent to get the full comic effect:

Shee leeves een Yu. Ehs. yeet eez prahd to bee Rahshun.

I honestly thought it was satire when I first read it... The title of the publication does not even make sense, logically or linguistically...