They really are not. Instead, they were friends with the human rights movement and anti-stalinist organisations in Russia (e.g. Мемориал), which got gutted by P

They really are not. Instead, they were friends with the human rights movement and anti-stalinist organisations in Russia (e.g. Мемориал), which got gutted by Putin. So naturally they are not happy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_(society) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_(society)