Oh wow, I just noticed that this was a Peter Henderson article. Back in the 90s, he was a Russian corespondent for Reuters covering the ‘collapse’ of the Russian economy and decrying their leaving the Communist system.
It makes sense then anything that makes a profit he would go after and not see it as a good thing.
Hendy was a stringer for the KGB and, judging by this article, he’s still on the payroll.