A certain level of officials in Russia kinda has to make this sort of proofs of their work. I don't think it's a law or anything like that, but it's a strong cultural thing. Similar to how companies can send employees to "volunteer" with something, expecting them to make photos with brands visible and stuff.
It's all PR work. Ever more important when your party is busy doing everything it can to ruin the country further.
Genuinely, is there a good outlet that's easily available in text that is not like that? Preferably with proper full-body RSS.
Difficult to read about my beloved hobby in this hyper-monetized culture.