Vassenor wrote:And besides, what interest does it serve for them?
The russians? Their main goal is to ferment chaos and polarization, and undermine trust in the liberal democracy. It is to demoralize, subvert the population and have an erosion of democratic institutions. Further, it is to make the populus unsure of what to believe, what is fact or fiction, and it is to stoke anger and distrust.
"If you can't beat your enemy on the battlefield, go into your adversary, win over their populations and help elect officials that are sympathetic to the Russian viewpoint, and tie up your enemy, essentially, with politics and infighting."