MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Editor-in-Chief of RT and Sputnik Margarita Simonyan said Tuesday she was "surprised" by the small number of articles published at The Times newspaper discrediting the Russian media.
"The Times chaps, why so little, just seven? Fifteen at once would have been better, would suffice for two weeks in advance," Simonyan said.
Over the weekend, The Times published seven pieces containing discrediting information about Russian media outlets, including Sputnik news agency and broadcaster RT, commenting in particular on the opening of Sputnik and Russkiy Mir Foundation offices in the United Kingdom, and the coverage of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
A number of Russian lawmakers from both chambers of the Russian parliament have said that The Times' articles were planned in advance as part of information war against Moscow.