@dump_stack What I wanted to point out is the picture of the world as presented by today's mainstream media in Russia is as accurate as Soviet media praising freedom of speech in USSR.

Russia as a country and society is certainly very distant from USSR even in its most "liberal" periods, but Russian state media is deep in the Soviet times.

This disparity has led to massive decline in trust in Russian media among Russian audience by the way (80% to <30% IIRC)