El bloguer proKremlin Stanislav Apetian (amb el compte de Twitter @politrash) va vaure aquest ràpid ressò com l'indici d'un tripijoc, d'una acció concertada:
Pro-Kremlin blogger Stanislav Apetyan (twitter handle @politrash) took the speed as a sign of some sort of foul play, or a collaborative effort: An article in the New York Times goes up within 15 minutes after Navalny’s post: http://t.co/hBHYx9Pq6n It's like some kind of magic!