Russia

The Kremlin’s Strategy for the 2020 U.S. Election: Secure the Base, Split the Opposition

MUDDYING THE WATERS

Americans may be on to the Kremlin’s tricks now, but Putin is getting a helping hand this time around: Conservative media and even the White House are spreading disinfo for him.

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Russia duped the West in the 2016 election, but their playbook has been exposed and last cycle’s trickery won’t work the same in 2020.

Vladimir Putin’s propagandists understand U.S.

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