Someone, I, and me

"It matters. Because things were different once. Why could they not be again? Even as someone fascinated and inspired by the Russian revolution, of which this year is the centenary, when I am asked why it still matters, what comes to me first is hesitation. A silence. But as well as words, a key to understanding October 1917 is a certain wordlessness." (The Guardian.)

Is "someone", "I", and "me" the same person, i.e. the author of the paragraph above?