A recent news story about a mysterious Neo-Nazi Rally, which popped up, just as schools were letting out, outside Lincoln Heights, OH. The small town, which bills itself as the oldest self-governing Black Community north of the Mason-Dixon Line, was targeted with racist pamphlets and swastikas hung from highway overpasses. This dispicable stunt (whether genuine or engineered to incite political agitation), has justifiably led to an armed neighborhood watch in Lincoln Heights.
I don't have any particular background on this incident, beyond reading a few headlines. But it does bring to mind the sort of engineered circuisry that accompanied Putin's rise to power. During the late 1990's, Putin quite masterfully arranged acts of political violence, paying saboteurs on both sides. The result was a distrustful, agitated society, which had lost sight of the truth, and was prepared to back a strongman leader, against a fabricated enemy. See the link below for a Radio Free Europe article about deadly apartment bombings, allegedly orchestrated by Putin and the FSB.
Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President's Vault To Power