I mean that it usually parrots the party line (in hte case of Pravda, literally). Criticizing privatization is for them heresy of the highest order.

I wouldn’t read that much into it.

Pravda is both the Russian word for ‘truth’ (правда) and was/is a publication advancing the interests of the USSR/Russian state establishment.

The ‘economist’ implies a similar ‘truthfulness’ (it must be right about the economy if it’s an economist!) and advances the interests of the London financial establishment.

I'd assume they meant (generally) uncritically pro City of London corporations and the London influenced strain of economic liberalism which they represent.

But I do think it's a bit of hyperbole in a way, although I'm only tangentially familiar with the publication.