I'll go with "Putin-apologist." Why act like pointing out an obvious motive is the focus or even a main point of the report? What about substantive points like:
"Traces of the isotope were later found in many of the same places where the two alleged killers had visited: The hotel's bathroom, their hotel room, a board room where they conducted an earlier meeting and the plane they traveled aboard."
We're not talking about traces of carbon or lead, here.
"Traces of the isotope were later found in many of the same places where the two alleged killers had visited: The hotel's bathroom, their hotel room, a board room where they conducted an earlier meeting and the plane they traveled aboard."
We're not talking about traces of carbon or lead, here.