I see that the defendant is involved in the anti-globalization movement. Russia is heavily into that. I wonder if that is one of the reasons some here on FR echo “the party line?”
Russian state propagandists are for or against whatever the Russian leadership thinks will help them. Ionov is supporting American radical socialists and advocates for "Black community control of the police", and "is not an enemy of the USA, the real enemies are ' those who infringe on women's reproductive rights, create unbearable conditions for migrants, and also oppress people on racial grounds!' "
Ionov is just doing what communists do, supporting revolution, the destruction of free nations, and all of the other aspects of the radical left.
Ionov is not against globalism in reality, he just wants global communism.
Anyone who considers themselves a conservative or a patriotic American who believes Russian propagandists is a fool. A Russian propagandist will say they are against globalism but only to fool people. They want globalism too, just under their terms and control.