I think we've lost the context here. The point was that, compared to Russia, our media has much more freedom to break stories. But, I'll admit, I've never lived in Russia. I only work with friends that have (previously) lived there. In our discussions, it's never really been a question that the Kremlin has much more control over the media than US administrations (despite their best effort, otherwise).

Guess what happens in russia for the same?

Not to mention that they will also lock you up and/or shove a bottle up your ass and/or kill you for any political action whatsoever challenging the Gremlin.

>RU are in war time, are they not?

Have you heard of what happened to Boris Nemtsov who dared to speak out about the fact that putin was grooming his country for war?