When Russia became capitalist country in its worst form of peripheral oligarchic capitalism, criminality skyrocketed. 50 000 persons murdered per a year, 30 000 or so disappear without notice. Do not see reason why journalists must be immune from violent crimes. Or state is obliged to provide personal guards for them? During Yeltsyn rule journalists were murdered at higher rate but it did not bother Western propaganda.
In videos with Russian citizens in Ukraine who are on rebels side many of them look too old for military service.
I heard from Ukrainian media about Altai's militia tank battalion while militia in Russia was renamed to police 3 or 4 years ago and there is no such thing as tank battalions in police. Soldiers in Central and Southern regions can be conscripts from other Federal Districts. I do not know no single case of soldier returned dead. Maybe somewhere else some soldiers, who knows. But this number is not big, no media can hide information nowadays. People have access to Internet, all have mobile phones.
Cleptocracy and crony socialism are not forms of capitalism. The definition of capitalism is not that some people are allowed to make money.
You are obviously sold on believing what you want to believe. Evidence to the contrary is substantial and impossible to logically dispute, but you obviously are not encumbered by those things.