In this scene, it is propaganda because it is above all about humanizing the enemy. .In this scene he begins to write to his wife about his resignation. To say that he wants to forget everything he experienced as a police officer. He wants to be a child again. He feels disgusted and he even lets Jed escape instead of killing and finishing him off. He begins to show more sympathy towards his opponent and wants to abandon this "revolution" and return to his wife. This also demonstrates how Russia is portrayed as a weak country that cannot move.