[bsenftner]

Don't all governments to this to any other democratic government? This practice is as old as democracy itself.

[matwood]

The OP was specifically arguing the Russians are innocent, which I think has been been shown they are not. If you want to expand the conversation into generally how world governments use disinformation to their advantage, go for it.

[ForHackernews]

Since when is Russia a democracy? But yes, foreign propaganda has existed for a long time.

[bsenftner]

No, all democratic governments receive foreign propaganda from other governments, regardless of the others being democratic or not.