[Quix]

What a reliable reality check you persistently are!

However, you seem to consider it implausible that he has sources that function after his defection.

[Poohbah]

However, you seem to consider it implausible that he has sources that function after his defection.

Yes, I do. He is under sentence of death in Russia for high treason. Any attempt to communicate with people in Russia would risk said sentence being carried out. But he seems to have amazingly high-bandwidth (i.e., easily-compromised) connections with folks in Russia.