Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/russian-interference-race.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR0otr_kOokirR9L6iNJcyDzrEhlQOrkS5P6_rHerFWjpw2q5PmDFwlGNX8

Russian intelligence services are trying to incite violence by white supremacist groups to sow chaos in the United States, American intelligence officials said.

WASHINGTON — The Russian government has stepped up efforts to inflame racial tensions in the United States as part of its bid to influence November’s presidential election, including trying to incite violence by white supremacist groups and to stoke anger among African-Americans, according to seven American officials briefed on recent intelligence.

Russia’s lead intelligence agency, the S.V.R., has apparently gone beyond 2016 methods of interference, when operatives tried to stoke racial animosity by creating fake Black Lives Matter groups and spreading disinformation to depress black voter turnout. Now, Russia is also trying to influence white supremacist groups, the officials said; they gave few details, but one official said federal investigators are examining how at least one neo-Nazi organization with ties to Russia is funded.

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1. Damn, are they building up white nationalists groups to try & shut us down if drumpf loses?

I can see PUtin doing that, just thought it would happen after he'd gotten more from drumpf. Maybe he's realized what a leaky vessel he chose and so accelerated his plans for our destruction because his tool is about to crumble?

[DesertRat]

2. And it seems to be working!