German security officials are scratching their heads. What’s changed, they ask, since the recent American and French elections when Russia was accused of disseminating fake news, leaking negative information, or trying to tamper with election machinery? One change may be that Russia now knows that voters in the West have wised up to its tactics and more firmly embrace the essentials of democracy, such as the need to discern the truth in political campaigns and to safeguard the integrity of the voting process.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/west-learning-curve-russian-election-meddling-195149301–politics.html

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