Operation Troy: Russian blueprint for spreading chaos in Ukraine

A new report based on the leaked emails of a deputy to Vladislav Surkov, the influential Kremlin aide who some call Putin’s Rasputin, reveals a strategy to prepare the people of Zaporizhia region in eastern Ukraine for a pro-Russian takeover. Later cracked by a team of hackers, the code protected document outlined the plan titled “Troy”, allegedly drawn by Alexei Muratov (MP from Kursk region bordering Ukraine and "envoy to Russia of the unrecognized "Donetsk People's Republic") who had sent his plan to a Kremlin official in November 2014, according to The Times.