They want to promote this stuff and try to squeeze as much out of it as they can before it gets exposed, they don’t all think it is true, they just want to advance it for its intended purpose.
The Russians are NOT that stupid!
It's akin to when foreign pranksters called Harry the Dim and claimed to be Greta, SAVE US FROM THE CLIMATE, child. And he FELL for it...hook, lone, and sinker!