[yongjik]

> Russia with Putin as its leader stands in the way of American domination of Eurasia.

Morality aside...

Russia's 2017 GDP is roughly equal to South Korea, or slightly less than Canada, or about one third of Japan. It wields a disproportional influence because of past history and having a larger military, but barring miraculous economic reform, it's not sustainable in the long term.

Russia isn't what stands before "American domination of Eurasia", whatever that means. If anything, that would be China.

[rdtsc]

Moreover, regarding "Russian hacking" and given things like the OPM hack and a loss (including executions) of intelligence assets in China, it is strange there is no equal or greater worry about China hacking.

[pstuart]

There's plenty of worry over China's hacking, but it takes a back seat to the weight of the allegations against Russia and their influence in US politics.