Putin Patriots claim they care about America, but by spreading COVID with their unvaccinated, bare faces they're actually following Putin's propaganda. Sometimes they even recite disinformation that was created by Russian intelligence actors when rationalizing their behavior. But they are pawns, and the larger concern should be who controls them.
Chaos has been used by malevolent people, including the Nazis, to gain power. The current efforts to undermine public health and create chaos is part of another power grab. Putin supports the effort because he knows that if America is weaker, he will be more powerful.
A group of allies have formed in the US, who have demonstrated their capabilities by making America the most COVID-infected country in the world. It's no surprise that the entities who help start the Iraq War are in the group. This includes the commercial media, from NBC to Fox News to the New York Times, all of whom pretended there might actually have been a WMD threat in Iraq, and later made up stories about “stranded Americans” during the Afghanistan withdrawal. The media continue to treat anti-vaxxers as people who deserve some respect, as opposed to being like Typhoid Mary. Their downplaying of the importance of using N95 masks is another aspect of their designs to spread disease and increase their sales.
The surprising addition to the alliance is the tech giants. I didn't foresee that Facebook and YouTube/Google would change their business plans to include spreading anti-science disinformation. They were doing some of that previously with climate change, but their addition of trolls has increased their effectiveness dramatically. Like the news and Amazon, their profits increase when people are stuck at home.
So, now we are in a position where all of our largest sources of information/disinformation have agreed that disaster capitalism is their preferred system, and the collapse of our health care system and democracy is acceptable or even desirable. Meanwhile, Putin Patriots are disposable heroes, waving flags and dying by the thousands.