No, I know very well that this is state owned news agency. I think that if one has a brain, then he can use different kind of sources (not openly fascist or communist). Yesterday I exposed your hypocrisy. RIA Novosti it is good source, you can always Kremlins position.
Better to search the writier in such instances. If you feel the publication could be suspect.
Sergei Markedonov writes for a lot of places actually including Radio Free Europe occastionally.
I support letter FREEPERS know who put the news together when it was done with partial or full state backing.