Macgregor and Mearsheimer are bullshitters, and Russia absolutely doesn't lack the sophistication to be effective at propaganda. Unfortunately their top leaders (and China's to a lesser extent) are also the victims of some of our own propaganda, and some fringe LaRouche propaganda too.

Sarcasmitron has a great video series on YouTube about it:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcfqP0PtWDcGKIHGTTbVl...