Sputnik’s track record of thus far only criticizing IMEC risks offending some close Russian partners like BRICS’ Indian co-founder as well as the group’s new Emirati and Saudi members. Plenty of people wrongly assume that publicly financed Russian media outlets are state-run because of the example set by Western ones like Voice of America (VOA), but Sputnik’s coverage of the
It is easy to understand why the Global Times would have published an article critical of the IMEC if the IMEC is viewed as a project rivaling the part of the Belt and Road Initiative bogged down in Pakistan and as increasing Indian geopolitical influence over that of China. It is not intuitively evident to me that the IMEC increases US influence.
I also understand why Global Times published it, but my point is that Sputnik -- which is close to India and those other two new BRICS countries (KSA/USA) -- is only critical of it, so much to the point where it's now (in my view baselessly) speculating that IMEC will destabilize West Asia.
Most people don't know that publicly financed Russian media IS NOT state-run, and without being aware of this crucial clarification from an authoritative source (I worked there for half a decade from 2014-2019), there's a very high risk of important people (experts/diplomats) misunderstanding its latest spree of critical pieces about IMEC.
Agreed. Within Sputnik the left hand seems not to know what the right hand is doing. And clearly it is not acting like a supposedly “state run” media outlet.
It is easy to understand why the Global Times would have published an article critical of the IMEC if the IMEC is viewed as a project rivaling the part of the Belt and Road Initiative bogged down in Pakistan and as increasing Indian geopolitical influence over that of China. It is not intuitively evident to me that the IMEC increases US influence.
I also understand why Global Times published it, but my point is that Sputnik -- which is close to India and those other two new BRICS countries (KSA/USA) -- is only critical of it, so much to the point where it's now (in my view baselessly) speculating that IMEC will destabilize West Asia.
Most people don't know that publicly financed Russian media IS NOT state-run, and without being aware of this crucial clarification from an authoritative source (I worked there for half a decade from 2014-2019), there's a very high risk of important people (experts/diplomats) misunderstanding its latest spree of critical pieces about IMEC.
Agreed. Within Sputnik the left hand seems not to know what the right hand is doing. And clearly it is not acting like a supposedly “state run” media outlet.