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In the months before Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, an oligarch with Russian ties allegedly paid for locals to paint swastikas around Kharkiv, sources say. The effort, according to the sources, was part of a false flag operation to exaggerate Ukraine’s Nazi presence at a time when Putin was using it as a pretext for war. The alleged plot, according to multiple sources, involved Pavel Fuks, a real estate, banking, and oil magnate who, the sources claim, was co-opted by Russian security forces to participate. Through intermediaries, Fuks allegedly offered between $500 and $1,500 for street level criminals to vandalize...

SAM WAKSAL Stock tipster in prison. The ImClone insider- trading scandal that landed domestic diva Martha Stewart in prison claimed two more casualties yesterday, including a top doctor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Martha pal Sam Waksal, the CEO of the biotech company, ratted out his two friends before a grand jury — in return for immunity from further prosecution, according to a federal complaint released yesterday. He is already serving seven years........ Zvi Fuks, head of Sloan-Kettering's radiation oncology department, and Israeli businesswoman Sabina Ben-Yehuda were busted on charges of securities fraud for allegedly dumping their ImClone stock...