“...they have long-standing incredible hatred for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. It’s almost personal, I would guess,” Hersh claimed.”
A possible "trigger".
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The Russian federal law "for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating a Denial of Traditional Family Values", also referred to in English-language media as Russia's gay propaganda law[1] or anti-gay law,[2][3][4][5] is a bill that was unanimously approved by the State Duma on 11 June 2013 (with just one MP abstaining—Ilya Ponomarev),[4] then unanimously approved by the Federation Council on 27 June 2013[6] and was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on 30 June 2013.[3]
Amen! This appears to be the point in which Globohomo turned against Putin and Russia.