Moscow is instructing Russian state media to reduce their favorable coverage of President Trump, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Three people familiar with the matter told the news source that the order echoes growing concerns from top Russian officials that the Trump administration is not going to be as pro-Russian as they initially thought.

One source told Bloomberg that the Kremlin justified its decision by stating that Russians are no longer interested in the the details of Trump's transition.

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According to the same source, the Kremlin's real motivation is to scale back coverage of ideas that Moscow might not back, such as Trump's call to "drain the swamp," Bloomberg reported.

The news outlet also noted that the Kremlin became concerned when mentions of Trump in January eclipsed mentions of Vladimir Putin for the first time since he was reelected president in 2012.

Russia originally welcomed Trump's election and calls for improving relations between the two countries, but recent international developments have cast doubt on the hailed reset.

Numerous White House officials, including Trump, have criticized Russia for its annexation of Crimea and the subsequent violence in Ukraine.

"Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?" Trump tweeted on Wednesday.

Russia's strategic gambits also raised eyebrows in Washington this week, with U.S. officials condemning Moscow for its deployment of a cruise missile system.