I think the article is pretty spot on, and this is the second time when I go through it. For crying out loud, the State Deparment now has a LGTBQ+ spokesperson (nothing unusual about that) who is a “former” CIA member (that is, or rather was, unusual). The same spokesperson who had this attitude [1] recently, i.e. the professional higher-than-thou attitude that the article writes about.
You'll forgive me if I'm critical of using Russia Times's reporting on Russian Disinformation ops. Yes, people in government argue loudly - that doesn't help your case as far as I can tell.
My companies LGBTQ+ spokesperson used to be a rodeo clown. Does this mean Rodeo clowns are being trained in subterfuge and corporation espionage to spread LGBTQ ideology?
I’m on a phone with a small screen (iPhone SE), just copy-pasted the first YT link that google gave me. You can search for the name of the spokesperson (Ned Price) and that of the journalist (Matt Lee) and (hopefully) you’ll get the same video from other, non-Russian, sources.
Yeah, I don't trust and wouldn't use RT at all for any purpose, but appears they just posted a legitimate video that just happens to fit their agenda. Here's the same thing from CSPAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DTSSvtg19I.
[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=xuvb3FEHz3U