Yes, it's from Russia Today, but I suspect I would believe Russia's news more than I would believe our own. After all, Russia's top stories of interest don't involve Lady GaGa, Paris Hilton, Charlie Sheen, Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, "Real Housewives", "Conan the Barbarian" (twice???), Tiger Woods, and all the other "entertainment" bozos and "sports" figures whacked out on drugs.
I'd suspect that they have their own Lady Gaga and Paris Hilton, it's just not the kind of news that gets translated into English very often (much like our Lady Gaga news are probably not often translated into Russian).