Russia (as of 2013) is supposedly the second most used language on the web, does that not mean that it is extremely difficult to use these rather transparent propaganda approaches?
Maybe it doesn't matter if you win the argument. Just have the argument but win the war.
The Federation Council has called infringements of Russian media’s rights in Ukraine “inadmissible” and urged an “adequate reaction” by the international community.
“Russian journalists are facing psychological and physical pressure and Russian online media reporting on Ukraine is being attacked by hackers,” reads the statement published on the Federation Council’s web-site on Wednesday.