“An interesting theory, and definitely possible, if one is familiar with how the Russkies operate. They’ve made disinformation an artform.”
That sounds just like the USA king of lies.
Check out books like New Lies for Old, by Anatoliy Golitsyn, or I Led 3 Lives, Citizen, Communist, Counterspy, by Herbert Philbrick.
You’ll be seeing commies behind every bush... and that’s because they really are there.
The Russkies are still our mortal enemy, folks, and they make our baddies look like pikers in comparison when it comes to deceit and cunning plots.