For a mainstream news site, some might consider this article quite offensive.

Great-Britain is not American poodle or lapdog; she is her Trojan-Horse; because the imperialist USA fear as much, a well conceived E-U as Russia or China. In business; there is no friends ! Beside there are too many connexions between the British Monarchy and the US capitalists. I, usually describe E-U as an amalgam of royal republics, mafioso republics and decadent monarchies (G-B, Italy and France being the typical example of those cases). Sincerely. JCM

Offensive ?....possibly yes, but unfortunately it's the truth.

I don't think this is offensive at all, and i speak as a Briton now living in Russia. It's a lot closer to the truth than anything you'll read or view in Britain. So well done RT, for ignoring political correctness, and getting to the heart of the debate. I think those who read this in the UK, and other places, will recognize many truths. Britain is a trainwreck. Russia is not only in better shape, but the people are a darn sight easier to live with. No contest, and until the people of Britain wake up, get off their backsides, and work to take their country back, you're going to read more of the same in the future. Reported today, is a comparison of the current state of the British economy, and that of the Greek economy. Doesn't make for pleasant reading.......

Poor old English,the Ruling class sit in their exclusive clubs,drinking and talking of days gone by,when most countries were uneducated ,but now have surpassed the English,and tell them to get on their bikes ,they dont tolerate idiots,So we had to run ,to the Americans ,and talk of their special relationship,a load of bollocks of course.America pets their heads and says dont worry,We look after our pets.,here is a few doggie biscuits.

The West is the traditional rich world. Russia is a BRIC nation. In terms of present position, Russia is far behind the old west countries, but it is steadily improving whereas the old west is declining and stagnating. Probably, an essential factor in all of this is globalization. By its very nature globalization is an equalizing force (between stable nations at least), because production costs are inversely related to a countries wealth, and therefore countries that were far ahead to begin with are liable to get held and dragged back as globalization ensues. The UK divorcing itself from other old west powers will not change the fact that the UK's economy is one of those with the most lost from globalization, nor will it change the fact that the financial crisis was caused by a market tens of trillions of dollars in size being idiotically unregulated. Canada's, not Russia's, financial sector uniquely emerged from the financial crisis without direct losses because Canada properly regulated its banks. At any rate, if you want to make comparisons with Russia, the rational thing to do is compare it to Scandinavia and Canada because the same basic economic potentialities exist in all those locations: relatively small population compared to the quantity of land and resources. It is worth noting that owing to historically bad governance Russia is far poorer and more internally unequal than her western equivalents, who in turn remain the most prosperous countries in the world. On the other hand, Iceland is in quite a ditch, and it was never in the EU. Regarding whether or not this article is biased, well of course it is. Most articles are, but you just notice it here because the bias is novel rather than taken for granted. Both theirs, meaning Russia's, and our mainstream media is all largely self-serving. At a national level, theirs even more than ours in general because Russia is far more politically monolithic than we are.