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I think it's because Putin is not exactly a fan of them either. He's more on the state-suppression of citizen journalism side: a bit like the majoritarian anti-democracy mob in the USA.

Don't forget: Putin was the hand enforcer entrusted by the West while they were dismantling the old USSR.

Off topic, but even Navalny is very critical of the post-'91 regimes in a recent blog post: https://navalny.com/p/6652/. At the time, the US in particular was quite open about making sure those same "reformers" won elections, etc.

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