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Russia also benefits from causing discord in foreign democracies. While Corbyn could be seen as more useful to Russia than Johnson (which I would probably agree with), they dont necessarily care who wins and could simply be happy enough to cause chaos.
Comment by nickelchrome at 07/12/2019 at 00:08 UTC
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Yep Russia is definitely Team Chaos
They were backing Pro Gun and Anti-Gun campaigns in the US for example.
I think their goal is to create instability and weaken political institutions.
Comment by Osgood_Schlatter at 07/12/2019 at 00:10 UTC
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Yes, that could definitely also be a reasonable conclusion - it makes me think of the story about Russians organising both sides of a identity-politics protest rally in America. A hung parliament is probably also in their interests in some ways, regardless of who would otherwise be ahead.
Comment by TheNoxx at 07/12/2019 at 00:42 UTC*
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Also, we've already seen tech firms manufacturing Russian support for a Senate candidate in the US to undermine their campaign.
The project’s operators created a Facebook page on which they posed as conservative Alabamians, using it to try to divide Republicans and even to endorse a write-in candidate to draw votes from Mr. Moore. It involved a scheme to link the Moore campaign to thousands of Russian accounts that suddenly began following the Republican candidate on Twitter, a development that drew national media attention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html
Comment by mrstandoffishman at 07/12/2019 at 00:44 UTC*
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Are you fucking insane? Boris is significantly more useful to Russia than Corbyn since he's actively seeking to cripple the British public financially in order to increase the wealth innequality that affords a large amount of russian businessmen a huge amount of influence in the UK.
Comment by Dear_Occupant at 07/12/2019 at 00:55 UTC
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If their point is to cause chaos, then speculation **without evidence** that one entire segment of the electorate is either secretly or unwittingly serving foreign interests is a surefire way to achieve that goal. That comment is nothing more than a smear job on Corbyn and an insult to his supporters. It's no different than what Hillary Clinton said on Howard Stern about Bernie Sanders the other day.
Anyone who is genuinely concerned that Russians are spreading discord and chaos really shouldn't be doing their work for them.