What was the big deal about having this Moscow social rag print his story? He could've sent it anywhere by email or posted it on any of a gazillion web sites. I don't recall seeing any internet service on screen at any time during the film.
OT... Kasia Smutniak was gorgeous.
The probably had... I live in Mexico and I can certainly relate to the "big deal" most people (outside the city) are poor (70% total) and don't have Internet access. Besides that, the people that do don't tend to look for news in the web, they use it as a distraction.
So you can start the deductions and the % of people that will actually >know the true< is very low.
The media will never say something wrong about politicians, and the situation is pretty much the same as in Russia