Apparently it's the CIA's fault in a move designed to destabilise Russia.
I appreciate that Putin has been forced into some of his more dubious reactions by things like having an anti-missile system shoved on his doorstep 'to protect NATO from Iran' and the EU-promoted coup in Ukraine but the manner in which Russia's internals matters are run and the level of propaganda thrown at the people is really dire. It's worse than during the communist era according to most reports I've read.
That doesn't affect us directly. That his foreign policy has to be reflective of it does. We are in really bloody dangerous times right now as far as Russia goes when we should really be kissing and making up and focusing on the enemy to all of us.