[dirck-norman]

It’s very clear that comment is agent provocateurs trying to sow discord. They have a lot of comments about “the west”.

[Y-bar]

Very plausible.

Though I am not fully subscribed to the internet school of ”just ignore the trolls”, I think they should all be countered once or twice before being added to a blocklist. That way other people see that those trolls are not welcome and that voices are being raised against them.