nostr:npub16nefft85cck8cxq9jg55kft9636j04nzct4zz38asc4wg73hdfzqmethh0 I do not know the answer to that question. I have been puzzled by it a long time. There are a lot of people who think he is an insider and a lot who do not. If he is an insider he is playing like nobody else has ever done it - not even Hitler. Due to my personality, I am always going to be distrustful and think he is playing the long game. I see no evidence otherwise.

The best on the subj is The Saker. Here is just one of his articles

https://thesaker.is/revisiting-russias-5th-and-especially-6th-columns/