to understand full picture one needs to factor in Russian hate speech laws under which any political critical statement is de-facto a felony crime of "spreading/flaming up hate on the political and social grounds" . Doing it in the mass media is a major aggravating factor (like doubling the prison time and multi-fold increasing the fine). The mentioned "draconian law" converts any even mildly popular blog, FB/VK page, twitter feed, etc. into mass media and thus, in particular, adds such and aggravating factor to any political critical speech on the blog/page/feed.