I see Ars changed their "The Russians are really pushing..." headline. It was a bit alarmist considering this story from physorg/AFP earlier today:
<a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-09-russia-denies-astronauts-drilling-hole.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-09-russia-denies-astronauts-drill...</a><p>'Deputy prime minister Yury Borisov rejected Kommersant's report, saying that "it is absolutely unacceptable to cast a shadow either on our cosmonauts or on American astronauts," RIA Novosti state news agency reported.'<p>Seems like it's largely Kommersant who are pushing this narrative whilst Rogozin is backpedalling.
You'd have to be really brave to drill a hole in the thing that is keeping you alive, and trust that you aren't going to make a catastrophic point of failure when you do it.