The article is not about Russia or Putin. It’s an interesting interview with a man who leads a company that tries, in his own words, do to what you’d expect of anyone. He explains his position intelligently, you don’t have to agree with him.
The main takeaway here is the ugly headline to draw clicks using negative bias - something that’s talked about a lot these days but is as old as time. No one made a successful newspaper headlining good news, unless it’s an enormous event like war victory or a royal wedding, and they tend to be magazine-style souvenir editions.