He's a Lemmygrad user, there's no point in debating him. He's just going to keep spouting a bunch of pro-Russia propaganda. It makes me seriously question the source of the article as well. I can't say one way or another if it's part of Russian propaganda, but the fact that a lemmygrad user posted it does suggest it started circulating among consumers of Russian propaganda, so there's some circumstantial evidence at least. At any rate, it's a just an opinion piece and probably shouldn't be posted in this community.