In a text sent to Williams, according to a complaint filed by federal prosecutors, Amin said: "Tell your wife to always be on her best behavior and not to disobey Mr. Vladimir Putin’s orders. We are friendly bears [Russian Flag + Bear emoji]. But we can also be angry bears [Russian flag + bear emoji]."
That article is missing a lot of context. Did they get her number and text her? Was it an illegal wiretap? All made up information for a presser? Were they texting this to some friend that leaked?
This appears to be Russian pressure for her to stay in line. If that is true, they'll have any number of ways to exert that pressure. I think they want this public for the rest of the embedded crew to stay the course.