A European Commission spokesperson says Russia is focusing on Germany more than any other EU country—and estimates the Kremlin is spending €1 billion on disinformation campaigns.
  • SolidGrueEnglish
    28•7 months ago

    Putin can get fucked.

    Shouldn’t that be a default position in the West?

    • @jeffwOPEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      It’s not the default position?

      • @[email protected]English
        12•7 months ago

        This is oversimplification to avoid an essay; Nationalism has been on the rise all over. With nationalism comes a loss of multi-nation agreements/positive sentiment (a la Brexit). Even without statements of pro-Putin ideology, it’s easy to see why Russia would want nationalists in power. I have family in Germany and am worried about AfD.

        TL;DR - they don’t even need to be pro-Putin to get his help (not to say that they aren’t)

    • @[email protected]English
      -1•7 months ago

      Because literally every country engages in foreign influence operations and they have since centralized power was a thing.