It's quite an entertaining read, which should be a red flag. Good analysts who are also funny are like impossible unicorns, but good storytellers who are funny are a dime a dozen.
It has a pretty wide pro Russian streak (barely) under the surface. From choosing an upscaled number of people shot who were used as the excuse to annex Crimea, to excusing that Russia has to invade Ukraine "because demographics", like there's any country to Russia's west that has the political will to invade Russia for the hell of it in the next 50 years, or doesn't even have their own looming demographic problems. Then it ends on praise Putin, he's just a smart guy doing a hard job as best he can.
A rule I have is if the first paragraph or two are just jokes trying to make you laugh, there's a chance they want you to let your guard down before absorbing their information, so I go in with my guard extra tight.
It's quite an entertaining read, which should be a red flag. Good analysts who are also funny are like impossible unicorns, but good storytellers who are funny are a dime a dozen.
It has a pretty wide pro Russian streak (barely) under the surface. From choosing an upscaled number of people shot who were used as the excuse to annex Crimea, to excusing that Russia has to invade Ukraine "because demographics", like there's any country to Russia's west that has the political will to invade Russia for the hell of it in the next 50 years, or doesn't even have their own looming demographic problems. Then it ends on praise Putin, he's just a smart guy doing a hard job as best he can.
A rule I have is if the first paragraph or two are just jokes trying to make you laugh, there's a chance they want you to let your guard down before absorbing their information, so I go in with my guard extra tight.