"Politics and propaganda is new warfare" seems to be the dominant message of this article. Essentially article claims Russia is using globalization[0] to get away with annexing part of Ukraine and is seeding pro-Russian sentiment by placing articles in western media. All of that is spiced up with strong emphasis on corruption in Russia.

[0] As in stronger economic ties between countries, according to the article Russia is banking on the fact that west cannot effectively retaliate without significant economic damage received.