RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta are all admitted Russian state media.
So?
They’ll eventually define any news outlet they don’t like as “Russia Propaganda.”
It’s what they do.
You either believe in freedom of speech or you believe in shutting the people up you don’t like.
There is no third door.
Same for PBS, BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, etc etc. All state funded and controlled.
It was hilarious when Elon Musk gave PBS a “state owned ad controlled media” label. They blew a cork.