Note, this is exactly as true of Chinese media/propaganda (CGTN etc). They are all over Tiktok, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook etc... but if you see someone posting from there, you can assume that it is likely state sponsored. It is illegal for a national to use a VPN to access those sites, and dangerous to do so if it upsets anyone in power.

Not true; everyone uses VPN. It’s as illegal as smoking weed in Berlin.

Well Russia doesn't penalize for use of VPNs yet

Give it a few days

It's been 5 years or so since the idea was mentioned in the parliament, but I've made an accent on the word "yet" for this reason.

Ok, yes, correct. But either you're missing the parent poster's point or I'm missing yours.

Both lalaland1125 and duxup are correct. It's for the Western audience.

But my point was along the lines: Kremlin's bans Twitter since they can't control it in Russia (e.g. hard to remove content or prosecute the users.)

And they still keep using it despite all their recent "fuck you West" rhetoric.