Interesting but too pro-Russian for me. They piss on Europe for arrogance of believing that freedom and democracy are a good thing. They espouse live and let live among nations, like if a country wants to be a corrupt communist dictatorship then other countries should be ok with that and look the other way while continuing trade and cooperation. This is the general tone I took from it although there were offsetting points to make it a more balanced discussion.
Edit: I couldn’t even finish it when they started talking about how Europe has been the one to not want to work with Russian universities, completely washing over the fact that since the Russian revolution that country has been steadily more protectionist and adversarial. These guys are fucking morons.
I think it’s quite simple, really. In the absence of truth comes speculation. It’s not important who the “they” is and is irrelevant to the topic being challenged. What is important is to find a path to truth that can regain the public’s trust. “Extreme” transparency will now be required in order to regain that trust. As always the pendulum swings to great lengths and effectiveness.