Everyone knew "Yuri Milner" was a Russian and Russian is not an open system or democracy or system run by a rule of law. Why is the news any surprise now? Wha

Everyone knew "Yuri Milner" was a Russian and Russian is not an open system or democracy or system run by a rule of law. Why is the news any surprise now? What I think is happening is - Russia by bring up these topics in news (in outlets like nytimes) so that it can de-emphasize it's partnership with Trump government and the role it played in bringing that egoist to power.