Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media

It's interesting how people ignore the irony of the nature of Snowden's new home -- odd pairing for a 'whisteblower' to seek refuge under the wing of a country led by the former chief of the KGB. Snowden's supporters certainly wax eloquently when they condemn the history of the Western world. Where are all the pithy insights regarding the history of human rights and liberty in Russia, and that of the KGB?

Why is this in the top of Hacker News? I live in Russia, this may be a big concern for me, but even in Russia it's not the top news of the day, this media, which was dissolved, it always was pro-government, the funding came from state etc. It's easier to say that it just was renamed and will now make more propaganda than real news. But how is this local political news about one media from one single country is something that is of any interest for Hacker News?

That's not a big issue, I think, as Putin had control over it before. The strange thing is, even "Novosti" workers got known about transformation today(my friend works there).

Does he really expect this to go well in the long term? Tyrants never learn from history, do they?