Expressing the views that they do in that video does not make them Russian shills. As I understand the word "shill", they would be shills if they were expressing those views because they worked for Russia. But I see no evidence that they do.
Agreeing with certain arguments that supporters of Russia in the current war make does not make someone a Russian shill. It also does not make someone into a mouthpiece for Russian propaganda, unless you are willing to say that any time that a person agrees with a government's propaganda about anything, it makes that person a mouthpiece for the government's propaganda, even if when it comes to other issues the person might fundamentally disagree with that government.
No, this is not the meaning of the word. The reason why they do this is not important - though I wouldn't be surprised if both of them would benefit personally in one way or another. Only very naive person would not see the connection.
Your second claim is also not correct. Even Russians themselves are not in 100% agreement with the Russian government and many of them even criticize it heavily - not enough Ukrainians are killed.
Of course not all Russians share this sentiment. There are people, of whom many have by now emigrated, who are against Russian government genocidal actions and there is large part of people who are either ignorant or indifferent.
Expressing the views that they do in that video does not make them Russian shills. As I understand the word "shill", they would be shills if they were expressing those views because they worked for Russia. But I see no evidence that they do.
Agreeing with certain arguments that supporters of Russia in the current war make does not make someone a Russian shill. It also does not make someone into a mouthpiece for Russian propaganda, unless you are willing to say that any time that a person agrees with a government's propaganda about anything, it makes that person a mouthpiece for the government's propaganda, even if when it comes to other issues the person might fundamentally disagree with that government.
No, this is not the meaning of the word. The reason why they do this is not important - though I wouldn't be surprised if both of them would benefit personally in one way or another. Only very naive person would not see the connection.
Your second claim is also not correct. Even Russians themselves are not in 100% agreement with the Russian government and many of them even criticize it heavily - not enough Ukrainians are killed.
Of course not all Russians share this sentiment. There are people, of whom many have by now emigrated, who are against Russian government genocidal actions and there is large part of people who are either ignorant or indifferent.