Russia isn't really cooperating with the whole shit-show(hence the 'muh' russia' narrative) so if anything this a real tangible sign of this being the case...

Russia definitely plays absolutely the same game and cooperates in the first line. There are some local specific, like everywhere, but the whole game is the same. Coronahoax, fear mongering, meaningless PCR tests, lockdowns, human rights violations, social distancing, muzzles, rapidly developed unchecked vaccines, total surveillance (under the label of covid trackers), full WHO guidelines submission, prosecution of any covid "misinformation" etc. All included.