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OnlinePoker

(5,721 posts)
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 08:05 PM Jan 2018

Russia has interfered in 19 countries elections over 2 decades, report finds

Source: American Military News

Russia has interfered in the politics, governments and affairs of 19 countries for at least two decades, according to a newly released report by U.S. Senate Democrats.

The report, titled “Putin’s Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Security,” was released Wednesday and is 206 pages long. It was prepared for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The report states that Russia and its President, Vladimir Putin, have interfered in other countries’ affairs and politics, spreading “misinformation,” and that Russia has also funded “far-right political causes” and manipulated energy supplies “long before 2016,” The New York Times reported, referring to Russia’s interference in the 2016 Presidential election in the United States.

Read more: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2018/01/russia-has-interfered-in-19-countries-elections-over-2-decades-report-finds/



I don't know how trustworthy the source is, but the Senate report is linked within the article.
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Russia has interfered in 19 countries elections over 2 decades, report finds (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jan 2018 OP
Some folks here on this site and elsewhere say that we are to blame for Russia Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1
+1000000 murielm99 Jan 2018 #2
While I don't argree with Russia they are following the old CIA playbook roomtomove Jan 2018 #6
It would be nice if USA was the god guys. But... TomVilmer Jan 2018 #7
Everyone bookmark this and bring it out again during the 2018 elections, or before Maraya1969 Jan 2018 #3
Only 19? Or 19 that we are aware of? BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #4
Link to the report here FreepFryer Jan 2018 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. Some folks here on this site and elsewhere say that we are to blame for Russia
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 08:08 PM
Jan 2018

doing what they are doing or that we are not innocent.

BULLSHIT

We are the good guys, they are the bad guys and YES we have done some bad shit in the past but the basic deal is we support democracy, they dont.

roomtomove

(217 posts)
6. While I don't argree with Russia they are following the old CIA playbook
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 12:44 AM
Jan 2018

in subverting legitimate democracies. Check your history.

Maraya1969

(22,482 posts)
3. Everyone bookmark this and bring it out again during the 2018 elections, or before
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jan 2018

We have to overcome this assault on our democracy.

Let's hope that Russia's interference in the US elections was where it went to die.

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