More likely because two of the victims were UK nationals.
Correct.
However, apart from the British lawyer Rupert Beaumont and the British art dealer Mark Robertson, one Russian, a tour guide, also died, Alexander Tushnikov - but many reports around the world only recorded that two people died because of the priority put on reporting the two British nationals.
The son of a former legal tycoon killed in a helicopter crash on a fishing trip in Russia watched in horror from another aircraft as the tragedy unfolded, it was claimed today.
James Beaumont looked on as his father Rupert was sliced to death by the helicopter’s rotor blades when the chartered helicopter lurched on its side after landing.
Son of British solicitor killed in Russia watched in horror as helicopter crashed - World - News - London Evening Standard