I read news on www.russia-insider.com
 I was surprised about an article which
contained a statement about Putin/ s
weakness.
This article was removed today.
On a protest mach in Russia an opposition
politician was arrested.
New aspects of a picture about Russia. This
aspects are not pleasant at least at first.
For me this means I do not know how free
the press and people are in Russia.
But I  am interested to know how the Russian
model related to that is. It is probably different
from  the western one. Aspects I see now seem
to be worse in Russia. hut there may be also better
ones.
It may be more honest. In the west the truth is
hidden behind lies, tricking. The people are
led wrong by artful propaganda in their back.
A skilful comparison is probably not easy.
Most western writers will put Russia in a bad
light while probably many russians will try the
opposite. But there are also people who are
committed to the truth.
You can be sure most western writers assure you
that they are committed to the truth while they
are actually writing nonsense.