You might have been under the impression that Russiagate flamed out with the anti-climatic 2019 Mueller Report, that failed to prove any major Russiagate theories.
You couldn't be further from the truth. Here's a sampling of headlines since the Report.

These are pretty patheic, but the winner for twisting yourself into a pretzel-logic is elsewhere.
The most bizarre post-Report Russiagate story comes from, of all places, the NY Post.

We’ve spent years obsessing about Russian meddling in our politics, and now it turns out that the original FBI investigation into the Trump campaign that morphed into the Mueller probe may have been instigated, in part, by Russian disinformation.
...If this was the product of a deliberate Russian intelligence operation, it has to be judged one of the most audaciously clever of all time. The operative who first conceived of it deserves high honors, indeed, is a cinch to become a Hero of the Russian Federation.
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One footnote says that the FBI received word of potential “Russian disinformation influencing Steele’s election reporting.” The FBI was told multiples times that information in the dossier was inaccurate. One warning said a subset of bad information was “part of a Russian disinformation campaign to denigrate US foreign relations,” another that falsehoods were the work of Russian intelligence “infiltrat[ing] a source into the network” providing information.

A second unredacted footnote says that the FBI has information that an unnamed Steele source “had historical contact with persons and entities suspected of being linked to” Russian intelligence.

I'm not even sure what to do with this.
Anyway, Pelosi and Hillary continued to push Russiagate right into 2021, as if they actually believed it.

"I hope, historically, we will find out who he's beholden to, who pulls his strings. I would love to see his phone records to see if he was talking to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin the day the insurgents invaded our Capitol," Clinton said.

The former secretary of state then asked Pelosi if she agreed with setting up a "9/11-type commission" to investigate "everything" that happened.

"I do," Pelosi quickly responded, before reiterating her belief that "all roads lead to Putin" when it comes to President Trump.

"I don't know what Putin has on him politically, financially, or personally, but what happened last week was a gift to Putin because Putin wants to undermine democracy in our country and throughout the world," the speaker said. "And these people, unbeknownst to them, are Putin puppets."

Finally, this all came crashing down after special counsel John Durham’s indicted Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann for lying to an FBI official. After five years of bullsh*t, Russiagate has finally ended.
Hell, even Blue Maga, neoliberal Bill Maher has thrown in the towel.

"But did they involve themselves with other countries?" Maher asked. "I feel like, yes, we play dirty politics, but we always had one rule: no ringers, keep it in the family, do what you do, but don't bring in the guy from Russia. ... Look, a lot of this stuff we found out or we're finding out was reported erroneously."

"You mean Russiagate?" Frank asked.

"Yes," Maher exclaimed.

The HBO star then shared his "theory" that Trump was "both an idiot and crazy" and that all of the former president's rhetoric about Russia didn't go any deeper as he and many liberals believed.

"We, like, thought that it had to be more of a conspiracy. It may turn out that most of it really was just what he did in public," Maher continued. "Because it's so insane that he was, 'Russia, if you're listening... ,' and when he admitted he fired [FBI Director James] Comey, when I look back, I'm like 'Wow, we lived through this?'"

Notice he says this like he wasn't one of the loudest voices pushing these lies, and that it was impossible to know they were lies before now.
But it's over now...or not.

As I pointed out in my new This Land newsletter, with the Sussmann indictment, Durham failed to deliver what the Trumpers most craved: evidence that the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation was fraudulently orchestrated by a nefarious cabal.

That's not just moving goalposts. That totally redefining what goalposts are.

The Trumpers and anti-Russiagate propagandists keep grasping for straws. They are like QAnoners waiting for Trump’s reinstatement as commander in chief… But even if Durham were to find evidence of inappropriate actions related to the FBI’s decision to investigate Trump associates in connection with Putin’s attack, that would not change the fundamentals: Putin mounted a covert assault on American democracy to assist Trump, and the Trump camp, which falsely denied this attack was happening while it was secretly interacting with Russian operatives, was complicit.

What is one to make of all this?
If I was to learn the correct way to interpret this information, I would have to go back to the source.

Hmmm. Only one diary on Russiagate this month. What pearls of wisdom does it contain?

There were reasons for Robert Mueller’s many unpursued obstruction of justice charges. This may be the beginning of a long march of indictments coming. Shoes are going to drop, including those orange-stained elevators.

Oh, Thank Gawd. I was afraid the shoes would never drop.