Yes, but the Economist paywall is quite generous. Also the top link here is an archive link to circumvent the paywall. Also extensions like Bypass Paywalls Clean work if for some reason you don't want to pay for the journalism you read.

The alternative we have here is a completely uninformed, speculative discussion.

>The alternative we have here is a completely uninformed, speculative discussion.

If you're talking about my other comments, they were paraphrasing similar articles I've read, rather than pure speculation. Keeping in mind that that any article is going to have speculation, as the Russians haven't said why they are doing it.

That "generous paywall" is showing me ~120 words.

And the archive link someone posted has invalid certs.

Or perhaps we can just not post pay-walled BS? Someone was generous to post a mirror, and I was reminded WHY I don't pay for "journalistic" content.