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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine
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In the months before Vladimir Putins 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 Ukraines 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. Fuks allegedly offered between $500 and $1,500 for street level criminals to vandalize city streets with pro-Nazi graffiti in December, January, and February.
The accounts of Fuks alleged efforts to stir up animosity in Ukraine is derived from multiple sources, including U.S. government intelligence reporting. Rolling Stone spoke to an Ukrainian who says he confronted Fuks twice about the alleged swastika plot. Another account of the plot was relayed to the U.S. government in recent weeks by a U.S. informant with high-level business and government contacts in Ukraine. A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, confirmed that the allegations about Fuks activities had been received and distributed for analysis throughout the U.S. intelligence community. Finally, Rolling Stone spoke to four other sources who spoke on condition of anonymity and confirmed they heard about Fuks alleged role in a plot to paint swastikas independently of one another.
Oleg Plyush, a former top Ukrainian kickboxer who says hes a friend of Fuks and spoke to him about the swastika plot, tells Rolling Stone he learned about the scheme from an intermediary involved with finding people to carry out the vandalism. According to Plyushs account, when confronted about the scheme, Fuks claimed that he had no choice and that it was his assignment mandatory if he wanted to stay in business in the region.
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Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2022
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rockfordfile
(8,695 posts)1. Russian oligarchs are just as dangerous as putin
bucolic_frolic
(43,050 posts)2. There's often someone behind dastardly deeds
done dirt cheap!
Hassler
(3,369 posts)3. QOP operates the same as Putin. Maybe it's where they learned it
blogslug
(37,982 posts)4. That article goes on to say that TFG talked w/Fuks abt a Tower in Moscow
Plus the man hired Rudy as a "lobbyist"