(Note: I'm not claiming the site is disreputable, I've just never heard of the site and want to read more on sites (on in publications) I know.)
I have no idea if they're trustworthy either, but Wikipedia[1] had this to say about them:
> RT is the second most-watched foreign news channel in the United States, after BBC News and the first most-watched news channel worldwide.
RT is, however, a propaganda tool of Putin and friends. I most certainly wouldn't trust their numbers or anything else they publish for that matter.
While there is a chance it could be true, the association itself makes anything quoted extremely suspect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_Today#Allegations_of_pro...
It's pretty much a Putin propaganda piece. Don't be mislead by their use of western journalists - they can only parrot the party line or put forward own fringe conspiracy theories.
(http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index...)
Farming is, in some countries, a high risk occupation for suicide.
(http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/resfarmers.html)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_suicides_in_India)
I agree that the hyperbole of the article is weird.
Pesticides are a leading suicide method, not cause. Come on, it's the title of the article you linked to.