I wouldn't be surprised if this pump and dump of a plausible rumour is designed to just-get-the-idea-into-the-mind-of-people so that when (if) it actually starts to be acknowledged that its actually is happening, the price moves up much quicker and decidedly because the FOMO has already been sown into the minds of people most likely to buy .. and the Russians profit more this way.

Timing, of course, would be everything - most likely when the US$ starts a decline like during the last bull run in BTC ... and that time is coming soon, IMO ...