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I'm not sure this is what you're making it out to be. Russia is one of nine countries that have nuclear weapons, and has one of the two largest stockpiles. For
by vulcan01 5y ago
I'm not sure this is what you're making it out to be. Russia is one of nine countries that have nuclear weapons, and has one of the two largest stockpiles. For a "world news" site, does it not make sense to focus on this major power which is also geographically close to the UK?
- pydry 5y agoThe thing that first made me start to wonder was seeing a few somewhat obscure domestic issues like something about a Russian instagrammer I think, maybe a feminist writer or something hit the 4th slot. This was the 4th most important story in the world that day? Because... they have nukes? I could understand if the stories were all internationally relevant but they're often oddly specific Russian domestic news (e.g. like https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58315926 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58315926). RT seems to do a similar thing. I remember walking around London one day and seeing a lot of protestors, although I couldn't make out their signs. I learned what was up from /r/london (they were antivaxxers). The BBC reported on it but buried the story while RT had it prominently displayed at like #4 on their world news page / #1 on their UK news page.