As if we don’t do the exact same thing here. I can’t think of any government that invites angry, bitter people who oppose what they are doing to a meeting with them that is to be recorded.
There is a mediocre translated transcript of the whole event. It’s long. You’re not entitled to an opinion unless you have read it, rather than reading what someone else claims to have read. Probably that person didn’t. Here ya go:
https://thesaker.is/meeting-with-mothers-of-servicemen-participating-in-the-svo-transcript/