With all reports, I encourage everyone to look up the author, who he works for, its history, etc...
We live in a world of manipulated news, coming from all sides.
This “Russia Analyst” is basically a blogger who works for an EU equivalent of DailyKos or Drudge Report. Not discounting that such sources can offer truth, but if you thought he had ANY connection to Russian intelligence, you would be wrong.
It’s an Anal-yst, not a real analyst.
He’s a Bulgarian with a lifelong hard-on for Russia in his stories, IMO.