The paper of our investigation is the analysis of the media role in 4 Latin American countries (Paraguay, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala), when they come up with the manipulation in creating the image of Russia in public consciousness. A separate role among the media is given to the political discourse. /the attention to the latter exists in the Russian linguistics has played an important role, starting from the 1990 s. The strategic characteristics research of the media discourse is planned within the framework of the pragmatic approach. It is directed at finding of language (grammatical) peculiarities of newspaper political discourse in 4 countries. The research identified the mostly negative reaction while illustrating the events of the Russian presidential elections in 2018.