I'm trying to figure out just exactly what Russia/Putin's angle actually is?
Chaos, confusion, and then when everything is stirred up... take back the bits that broke off from the USSR. Or not. Who knows? Why did they apparently (according to most sources) meddle or attempt to meddle in the last election? There may be a plan from them for something that will benefit them.
Then again, it could have been China or some other country that's been stirring things up and continuing to do so. Troubling times, indeed.