RUSSIA PERSPECTIVE

RT does not cover the IRGC threat against companies. What it covers is American vulnerability. Former officer Stanislav Krapivnik gives RT an extended interview on Kharg Island: the maritime approach crosses 200 km of open water, losses would be heavy, and crucially 'only 30% of Americans support this war—and it's dropping.' Krapivnik doubts that 'generals are ready to tell Trump the truth' about potential losses.

The second Russian angle is 'responsibility-shifting': RT headlines 'US seeks to pass the buck on Hormuz crisis.' The article details how Rubio tells Al Jazeera reopening Hormuz is 'not a US military objective' but a 'coalition of nations' must handle it. RT frames this as an admission of failure: Washington launched the war but doesn't want to clean up the mess.

Moscow Times, meanwhile, documents Russian petroleum export collapse of 1.75 million barrels per day following Ukrainian drone strikes on Baltic ports. This detail is crucial: Russia too faces an energy crisis, but theirs is Ukrainian, not Iranian. RT never connects the two crises—deliberate blind spot. The narrative is simple: American war destabilizes the world, Russian war doesn't exist.