Good post. It seems that the violence and expressed hostility is only a fraction of the population but the mainstream media makes it sound like there's a hostile agenda against that part of the population. Like I said, it is political spin and there's two points here: 1) exaggerated and manipulated political spin and 2) the contradictory position from the Russian government.
Btw, I think those two pictures were beauties to sum up this political forum. The left-wingers always look for strawmen and really can't discuss political issues rationally.
I don't think having 'propaganda' laws are the right approach but it's up to Russians to decide. I just hope Russians don't blame the citizens of other countries when the Governments of those countries speak out against Russia. For instance, Canada's politicians are doing a lot of lecturing right now so I can assure Russians that these clowns are a problem there.