https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Base_(hate_group)

The organization’s founder was a former employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Pentagon. Nazzaro, who used to work for the FBI and the Pentagon, moved to Russia around the time he created The Base, and directs the group’s activities from there. In November 2020, a feature-length interview with Nazzaro was broadcast on Russian state television. In April 2025, The Base solicited volunteers and offered financial rewards for attacks on power plants, military and police vehicles and government buildings in Ukraine, as well as for the assassination of Ukrainian military, police and political figures.