Steve - deflectionary, diversionary. I'm not entirely sure what post Don is responding to, but I otherwise have to side with him. Your attempt at a parallel is entirely false. There is neither court nor judge in this case (and I would argue that the evidence is rather more than circumstantial, but that's another matter). You are being a perfect Boris in casting aspersions & evading the actual question.

If Russia is not the actor in this, who might plausibly be the guilty party? Genuinely, I cannot think of any other candidate.