The Russian military claimed that “American scientists from the lab” conducted a series of human experiments between 2019 and 2021, using patients at a psychiatric ward in Kharkov as subjects.

The Russian military claimed it had eyewitness testimonies of the “inhuman experiments,” but declined to provide any evidence of that, citing the necessity to protect them.

Big if true. Grain of salt, etc.

I personally find it plausible given America's history of experimentation on vulnerable populations.

  • Mentally ret*rded children housed at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York, were intentionally given hepatitis in an attempt to track the development of the viral infection. The study began in 1956 and lasted for 14 years. [Source]

  • The US Army sprayed my family with toxic dust as part of a top secret experiment to test radiological weapons on the public. My uncle died of an extremely rare form of cancer at 39, my mom had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, my aunt gave birth to a baby with organs outside her body. [1] [2]

The labs in Ukraine are documented to have had Category B bioterrorism pathogens..

    • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      RT makes up like 90 percent of their "news". Pushing antivaxx, antimask sentiments, and worse, also anti refugees stances.

      RT really sucks ass and it's not a credible source at all

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        antivaxx, antimask sentiments, and worse, also anti refugees stances.

        That sucks. I guess I missed those articles, but I don't really read them regularly. Can you show me a few? Did you read them yourself or is that what American media told you about RT?

        RT has also hosted good American leftists like Redacted Tonight and the Empire Files.

        • END [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          The programs are separate and hired because they criticize the US. Search "woke" on the site.

          • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Their criticisms of the US are valid and their transphobia isn't. It's okay to consume media as long as you're aware of its biases.

        • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Did you read them yourself or is that what American media told you about RT?

          Do you have that one really racist uncle? Because I do, and all he reads is RT and Telegram

          • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            In America practically no one watches RT so it doesn't have that same stigma. People only know it as "Russia bad".

            Isn't Telegram just a clone of Twitter?

            • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              In Europe it's very closely associated with Pegida (Patriots against Muslims), neofascist parties like AfD or FPO, and Querdenken (Corona deniers).

              Telegram is a messenger but it can kind of be used like Twitter.

              • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Interesting. In America all of our chuds watch FOX and OANN. RT America is only watched by a tiny sliver of anti-imperialist leftists for their shows like Redacted Tonight and Empire Files (until those got cancelled by recent American sanctions anyway).

                • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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                  3 years ago

                  Yea the US market for chud news is pretty saturated so I think RT had to adapt to find a target audience. European media is radical leftist by US standards, so chuds are an easy audience.

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        RT makes up like 90 percent of their “news”.

        If you limit your scope to articles about American imperialism (like this one), and ignore the culture war stuff, they're >90% true.

          • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            If you allow the spectacle of the culture war to completely eclipse the urgency or capitalism and imperialism you might be a liberal.