While it very much tracks for assassination, it also seems to be a cultural thing to eat random mushrooms they find.

I have several Russian and Ukrainian friends in the states, and they always act like they’re seriously considering harvesting mushrooms we find in the wild and eating them. Every damn time, and it’s like a 2 minute conversation every time of me convincing them it’d be foolish and to just buy from the store.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was real. But I’ll just assume Putin anyway.