Dr. Worl, that Prof. Haycox is imaginine or characterizing current opinions in Russia (not historical fact or his own opinion) is clear when he writes "In virtually any train or bus station in Russia today, in sidewalk kiosks, in bookstores, in libraries, one finds this representation of Alaska and of the sale of Russian America, in purported histories, in novels, and in feature articles, a story of Russia betrayed." 

But it would have been better if he'd made that clearer earlier in the article, perhaps with quotation marks to show that these were not HIS opinions he was reporting.