There are opposing sentiments deeply rooted in the cultures of the American and Russian peoples, and these sentiments, fed from within, grow stronger every year, further hindering reparation of the relationship between the two states. Three primary influences of both nations are government officials, media, and the entertainment industry. The first, government officials, includes such figures as the presidents, prime minister, secretary of state (in the US), and foreign minister (in Russia); ultimately, these leaders’ words have condemned the relationship with negativity, cynicism, and fatigue. The second, the press, is represented by key news sources (television, newspaper, and magazine) in both countries; what they say about the other country over the same eight-year period of time is reflective of the words of the officials. The press is also very critical and perhaps even aggressively opposed in its view of the relationship and the other country as a whole. The final source of input into the two cultures is the entertainment industry in both countries, primarily cinema and television shows, but including smaller subsets of the industry; entertainment used as a medium of propaganda occurred far more frequently on the American side of the relationship. Ultimately, the conclusion is that all three of these inputs into the societies are levelled against reparation and will work against it for the foreseeable future.