They may like communism, but not Russia. They detest them. For reasons you’re too unkeen to identify apparently.
The reason that the media might be down on Russia at the moment is because that Russia has essentially reignited the Cold War at the WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT for the Left leaning MSM.
Why? The media is in the tank for Obama and the democrats. Putin just stabbed Obama in the back. No one will elect a complete neophyte Marxist at a time of heavy international tension.
But maybe you're too unkeen to figure that out tovarisch.