The award for April Fool's Day prank of the year has to go to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs who posted a hilarious April Fool's prank on their facebook page mocking the anti-Russia hysteria pushed by much of the biased Western mainstream media.The Russian Foreign Ministry announced:This is the transcript of the answering machine message:They add:The Associated Press confirmed with a duty officer from the Russian Foreign Ministry that this was an official joke. My initial reaction to hearing this was, "Seriously? They had to check?"However, given the increasing trend by many mainstream news organizations to push false narratives and unsubstantiated claims while protecting themselves by using vague ambiguous phrasing such as 'unnamed sources', 'possibly believed to', and 'may have', I suppose it's good to see that at least the Associated Press still take journalism seriously and verify their stories.The post was liked by facebook users from all around the world, with many American facebook users seeing the funny side. Here are some of the replies to the prank:It was nice to see so many replies from Western facebook users who were pleased to see CNN and other biased media outlets being mocked for their efforts to damage America's relations with Russia.You can listen to the prank answering machine message below. Skip to around 0:30s for the English speaking part of the message.