Rolling Stone: Putin Ally Funded Swastika Vandalism In Ukraine
Sources told Rolling Stone that, In the months leading up to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, an oligarch with Russian ties paid for locals to paint swastikas around Kharkiv. Sources said the effort was part of a false flag operation to exaggerate Ukraine’s Nazi presence that Putin used as a pretext for war. Via Rolling Stone:
The alleged plot, according to multiple sources, involved Pavel Fuks, a real estate, banking, and oil magnate who, the sources claim, was co-opted by Russian security forces to participate. Through intermediaries, Fuks allegedly offered between $500 and $1,500 for street level criminals to vandalize city streets with pro-Nazi graffiti in December, January, and February.