[sparrish]

Certainly it's about sowing discord... but don't kid yourself, the US does the exact same thing to Russia on any controversial issue there. And don't think the US wasn't bringing its influence to bear during Russian elections. This is all same-old-same-old that's been going on for years.

[alkonaut]

US elections are at least superficially free and fair. Imho leaders that don’t hold fair elections also give up the expectation of other nations keeping out of them.

So while there is certainly back-and-forth here, I can’t see any moral issues with anyone meddling in Russian elections. It’s likely even necessary if the current regime is to be changed (which I think will be harder than in 1990).

The US obviously also meddle with more or less acceptable means in countries that do have free and fair elections but that’s a different topic.

[moltar]

Yep, the very foundational election of new Russia’s first real president - Yeltsin was fully sponsored by US and resulted in a disaster for the country that it’s still recovering from.