Russian Media Blames Pyongyang for Attack
However, while neither [the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] pointed the finger of responsibility at North Korea, that was not the case elsewhere.
In an opinion piece entitled “Pyongyang Has Crossed the Rubicon” for Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the most popular newspaper in Russia and one of the closest to the government, Artyom Sanjiev said, “If the ‘Cheonan’ cause was as turbid as the waters of the Yellow Sea, now it has all happened literally in the front of the TV cameras. And it won’t be so easy to justify deaths and ravaging simply by accusing Seoul of being the first to shoot.”
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And this is Russian state media, mind…