The quiet part may have to be said outloud to Putin and his propagandists

[Igel]

12. Those ridiculing the idea that Russia is a geopolitical foe have also gone to silent running.

I doubt they're reformed, if they weren't served pizza. Perhaps some have seen the truth instead of the Truth (tm). But many still believe that when a Russian or Russia-based source is pro-Trump it's the truth, and if they're anti-Biden obviously they're pro-Trump.

Here's the thing about "nothing is true, but everything is possible" thinking: Truth is not relevant (proposition A). Achieving the goal is all (proposition B). If telling the absolute truth gets to B, you do so; if mixed truth/falsehood does so, you do so; if absolute lies does so, you do so. "Everything out of their mouth is a lie" is false. Why? Because the true/false dichotomy is irrelevant. Utterly. Sometimes they speak truth, sometimes utter pap, sometimes a smarmy mix. Approach with wits drawn and small-c critical-thinking apparatus fully charged and running. ("Big-c" critical thinking is just another truth-neutral but Truth-positive ideology.)

The only time the truth matters to the acolytes of the Great Putain is when it rears its inevitable head--in which case you turn your head as you bury it with all haste and pretend it never was seen. Pamyat' comes to mind. Naval'nyi probably gets 0 hits for the last month were there a Russian-only NexisLexis.