he was never a senator , " said . "
mr. mccain has been an active anti - russian politician for many years already .
if john mccain wants to write something for us , he is welcome , " dmitry sudakov , the editors of russian news site pravda tells the cable . "
the beginning of this surprising arrangement all started last night when your trusty cable guy watched an interview between mccain and cnn 's jake tapper about putin 's latest op - ed .
in a nod to russia 's restrictive press policies ( russia is ranked 148th out of 179 in the world for respecting press freedoms by reporters without borders ) , mccain joked " i would love to have a commentary in pravda . "
 
we have been critical of his stance on russia and international politics in our materials , but we would be only pleased to publish a story penned by such a prominent politician who acts as a regular contributor to pravda .