Original sentence: The fact that the newspaper is not read by the average Russian has allowed it to take stances critical of the government on issues ranging from the war in Chechnya to censorship in the media
Edited sentence: The fact that the newspaper is not read by the average Russian has allowed it to take stances critical of the government on issues ranging from the war in Chechnya to censorship in the media - in other words, the paper is virulently Russophobic and a menace to Russian society