Subtlety is not in the Russian DNA.
Likely that pesky center tank static again....
Why do you think Russia did it?
But...
I think this likely answers the question if the uprising was real. It was and he overstepped.
I don’t think they want the subtlety. It’s intentional, they want folks to know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko
Keeps folks in formation, marching in step.