As they cost 15 rubles per kg mate it doesn't overly bother me if I did or not.
www.euractiv.com
tass.com
But isn’t the fact that the Izyum story has been pulled by Reuters and the Telegraph comments indicate it isn’t being accepted without question?
Seems that this is being acted upon.
EU ministers to study call for ban on Russian tourists | Euractiv
EU foreign ministers are to discuss this week an appeal led by Ukraine to ban Russian tourists from visiting Europe. The idea, to be studied in a two-day meeting starting Tuesday (30 August) in Prague, has divided EU nations
Now being reported
Documents from Russian tourists not accepted in 9 European countries - ATOR
At the same time, some countries continue to issue visas to Russians
news.mc
www.pravda.com.ua
Neither - you’re simply an apologist for the actions of Putin’s rampaging gang of orcs in Ukraine.
I'm intrigued now, where are you actually from mate?
Orcs
Are you trying to groom me?
I'd like to hope that it's a signal that reporters will actually start doing what they used to do which is fact checking from independant sources LL, but I'm doubtful that will happen.But isn’t the fact that the Izyum story has been pulled by Reuters and the Telegraph comments indicate it isn’t being accepted without question?
UKRAINE-CRISIS (WRAPUP 6) is incorrect and has been withdrawn
The article slugged UKRAINE-CRISIS (WRAPUP 6) is wrong and has been withdrawn, because Reuters reporters did not see the bodies with rope around their necks. A new WRAPUP 6 will be issued in due course.www.reuters.com
The Ukrainians made a statement, the news services reported that statement and then when they got their own reporters there they did their own investigations and had questions and have reported on those questions.
There is an argument that you shouldn’t report anything either side says until you have verified it yourself but that is not the way ”news” generally works - the news services also report when the Russians say there have been attacks on civilians too eg
Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russian city
At least three people were killed and dozens of residential buildings damaged in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border, the regional governor said, in what Moscow said was a Ukrainian missile attack.
I obviously don’t have much access to Russian media to make comparisons if in similar situation they would retract the story/would not report it in the first place but the snippets of tv I have seen aren’t very suggestive they would.
It's just the fall back position for the dimwitted,if you aren't continually posting Slava Ukraine or video of drone strikes ( on unidentifiable targets) you must be a Putin acolyte. I'm still waiting for the vaulting of the members who support the invasion. But not holding my breath.
I'll leave that for you mate to do with others