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It has become well known over the past year that various Russian agents conducted an online propaganda campaign to promote the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. But it is worth noting that while Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump may have some common ideological and personal similarities (such as their shared disgust for “political correctness”), the Russian influence operation has never been about promoting a particular set of values or a specific candidate. Instead, the overall goal seems to be to promote distrust between various racial, ethnic or political groups in countries deemed critical to Russian international …read more
Source: Salon
