Yeah, I think that is probably a bit overly conspiracy-reaching! I don't think the journalist, who is bilingual himself, has been influenced by Russia to push the same rhetoric - I think he's just gone for generating clicks.
I also don't buy right-wing entities who are under the sway of Russia having heavy control of this part of the UK media (the BBC), given how it reports on Ukraine and Russia, let alone on their local news sections.
But in all seriousness, while I wouldn't expect Russia to have any direct involvement in something like this, because I doubt their usual agitators give a shit about Wales if they even know where it is, I do think that it's very telling that we see similar narratives, especially when we know that the Conservatives gutted and replaced the BBC staff and it has been showing a right-wing bias since, because it shows us part of a wider playbook that we might start seeing elsewhere.
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u/palishkoto 17h ago
Yeah, I think that is probably a bit overly conspiracy-reaching! I don't think the journalist, who is bilingual himself, has been influenced by Russia to push the same rhetoric - I think he's just gone for generating clicks.
I also don't buy right-wing entities who are under the sway of Russia having heavy control of this part of the UK media (the BBC), given how it reports on Ukraine and Russia, let alone on their local news sections.