Regarding this “news” site as it’s the first time I am seeing this (the .su domain is for Soviet Union by the way):

Ownership information is not transparent; however, according to the NEO about page, its address is “12, Rozhdestvenka Street, office 111, Moscow.” The exact address is also used by “The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.” Typically, the Putin government gives the Research Institutes’ control to the Ministry of Education; therefore, the Russian government funds and owns this journal through the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Wow, I feel sorry for what you need to deal with. I hope you did not have to remove all their comments one by one though!