Враньё is a bold or prolific lying, no more, no less.

"You know I’m lying, and I know that you know, and you know that I know that you know, but I go ahead with a straight face, and you nod seriously and take notes." -- now that is a vranyo) Seriously, the article constructs a narrative basing it on a lie.

Another bonus point: there are also two words for "graft" in Russian: "mzdoimstvo" and "likhoimstvo". The latter has negative meaning, the former is neutral. It is a "socially legitimised corruption that has a scale and scope matching socially perceived rank of an official involved" while the latter is "corruption going way above one's rank".

Bonus point: the Russian word for a physician - "vrach" - has the same root as "vranyo". Eastern Slavic rejection of healthcare has looong historic roots.

Also known as politician-speak, or, after one of the greatest: trumpish