Putin is strongly opposed to the Illuminati. He actually banned George Soros from setting foot in Russia several years ago & put out an international warrant for his arrest. There are Illuminati agents working covertly within Russia, of course, but Putin has been very good at stamping them out when he finds them. The whole Russian aggression angle played up by the media is propaganda to attempt to force a war with Russia. The military-industrial complex stands to gain quite a lot of money from it; because it requires constant warfare to sustain itself, it sees conflict with Russia as a great way to set up a revenue stream that could potentially last for 20+ years.