Let me guess, you are Orthodox, so of course you feel the need to side with with the KGB guy over America and the West.
There is nothing that needs justifying.
It obviously was a mistake. There is motive that makes sense, it wouldn’t benefit them in any way.
Just like with the USA in 1988, or Ukraine in 2001.
Your insults about Orthodox Christians are a disgrace to you, you should be ashamed if you have any decency.