You have to be out of your mind to believe HN is full of "FSB shills". Really, that kind of accusation ought to be banned on HN (and in fact, the posting guidel

You have to be out of your mind to believe HN is full of "FSB shills". Really, that kind of accusation ought to be banned on HN (and in fact, the posting guidelines strongly urge you to avoid them). Let me reiterate: it's entirely possible for intelligent, honest people who are not "FSB shills" or CCCP agents or North Korean moles to disagree with people here on matters related to Russia, China or North Korea. Or Cuba. Or Venezuela. Or whoever the US is ideologically at war with. Accusing others of being spies and shills is the stupidest of ad hominem attacks. PS: defectors, especially Soviet ones, have a poor track record and were very, very unreliable. Some are thought to have been Soviet plants with the goal of triggering paranoia and witch hunts. Others were self-aggrandizing liars.