Western journalists are truly something special. The following photo with the caption you can see has been making the rounds on English-speaking websites:

Crimea without power from Ukraine after electricity pylons ‘blown up’|

Why a Russian senator’s opinion on the Ukrainian pylons should be valuable is not clear. What is even less clear is what exactly is preventing the journalists reporting the story from noticing something that looks very much like a flag tied around the base of the pylon. One might even expect a responsible journalist to find out which group this flag represents ( a hint: not Ukrainian nationalists) and maybe even discover who and why is most interested in liberating the Crimea from the Russian occupation.

If we allow our imaginations to suggest that some really professional journalists might exist somewhere on the planet, we could even expect such journalists to discover what exactly forced the group represented by this flag to blow up the pylons now and not, say, two months before or after.

But no, that would be too much work. It’s easier to ask a Russian senator, a cow in the field, or a bunch of tea leaves what is happening.