I would hand your paper back to you and tell not to quote think tanks, and find real sources. Perferbly one neutral like a press source or wikipedia if nothing else.
I suppose if you had a PhD, like the gentleman who wrote the article, then you would have that option. But since you don't... I'm not surprised that you missed the point I originally made...which was, Russia's current situation can hardly be summarized in two sentences.
You however insist on doing so, which explains why I'm not going to waste anymore time on this.
R's Hubby