Russia Pretends To Claim The Arctic: They should've known better...

...or at least picked a B rate movie...

In an apparent attempt to "sex up" a news program, the TV station has been caught passing off footage from the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster Titanic as a real-life report on the Kremlin's recent attempt to stake its claim to the riches of the Arctic Ocean.

While I'm all for appealing to the general public, there's a stark contrast between sexing up science and ripping off the highest grossing film of all time. Someone had to notice and in this case it was Finnish 13 year old Waltteri Seretin:

I have heard that they don't always tell the truth in Russia but I didn't think they could have screwed it up that badly.

Of course, we still think they really put a titanium flag down there. Maybe.