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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4739443" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections" target="_blank">Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>"The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_government" target="_blank">Russian government</a> interfered in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U.S._presidential_election" target="_blank">2016 U.S. presidential election</a> with the goals of harming the campaign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a>, boosting the candidacy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>, and increasing political and social discord in the United States. According to U.S. intelligence agencies, the operation — code named Project Lakhta — was ordered directly by Russian President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" target="_blank">Vladimir Putin</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections#cite_note-officialsmasterspy-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency" target="_blank">Internet Research Agency</a> (IRA), based in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" target="_blank">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> and described as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm" target="_blank">troll farm</a>, created thousands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" target="_blank">social media</a> accounts that purported to be Americans supporting radical political groups and planned or promoted events in support of Trump and against Clinton. They reached millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Fabricated articles and disinformation were spread from Russian government-controlled media, and promoted on social media. Additionally, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hackers" target="_blank">computer hackers</a> affiliated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU" target="_blank">Russian military intelligence service</a> (GRU) infiltrated information systems of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" target="_blank">Democratic National Committee</a> (DNC), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" target="_blank">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> (DCCC), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" target="_blank">Clinton campaign</a> officials, notably chairman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta" target="_blank">John Podesta</a>, and publicly released stolen files and emails through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCLeaks" target="_blank">DCLeaks</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0" target="_blank">Guccifer 2.0</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks" target="_blank">WikiLeaks</a> during the election campaign. Several individuals connected to Russia contacted various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" target="_blank">Trump campaign</a> associates, offering business opportunities to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization" target="_blank">Trump Organization</a> and proferring damaging information on Clinton. Russian government officials have denied involvement in any of the hacks or leaks.</p><p></p><p>Russian interference activities triggered strong statements from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intelligence_agencies" target="_blank">United States intelligence agencies</a>, a direct warning by then-U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" target="_blank">Barack Obama</a> to Russian President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" target="_blank">Vladimir Putin</a>, renewed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions" target="_blank">economic sanctions</a> against Russia, and closures of Russian diplomatic facilities and expulsion of their staff. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee" target="_blank">Senate</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Intelligence_Committee" target="_blank">House Intelligence Committees</a> conducted their own investigations into the matter. Trump denied the interference had occurred, contending that it was a "hoax" perpetrated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" target="_blank">Democratic Party</a> to explain Clinton's loss."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4739443, member: 48469"] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections"]Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections - Wikipedia[/URL] "The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_government']Russian government[/URL] interfered in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U.S._presidential_election']2016 U.S. presidential election[/URL] with the goals of harming the campaign of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton']Hillary Clinton[/URL], boosting the candidacy of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL], and increasing political and social discord in the United States. According to U.S. intelligence agencies, the operation — code named Project Lakhta — was ordered directly by Russian President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin']Vladimir Putin[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections#cite_note-officialsmasterspy-1'][1][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency']Internet Research Agency[/URL] (IRA), based in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg']Saint Petersburg[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] and described as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_farm']troll farm[/URL], created thousands of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media']social media[/URL] accounts that purported to be Americans supporting radical political groups and planned or promoted events in support of Trump and against Clinton. They reached millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Fabricated articles and disinformation were spread from Russian government-controlled media, and promoted on social media. Additionally, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hackers']computer hackers[/URL] affiliated with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU']Russian military intelligence service[/URL] (GRU) infiltrated information systems of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee']Democratic National Committee[/URL] (DNC), the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee']Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee[/URL] (DCCC), and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign']Clinton campaign[/URL] officials, notably chairman [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta']John Podesta[/URL], and publicly released stolen files and emails through [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCLeaks']DCLeaks[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0']Guccifer 2.0[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks']WikiLeaks[/URL] during the election campaign. Several individuals connected to Russia contacted various [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign']Trump campaign[/URL] associates, offering business opportunities to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Organization']Trump Organization[/URL] and proferring damaging information on Clinton. Russian government officials have denied involvement in any of the hacks or leaks. Russian interference activities triggered strong statements from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intelligence_agencies']United States intelligence agencies[/URL], a direct warning by then-U.S. President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama']Barack Obama[/URL] to Russian President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin']Vladimir Putin[/URL], renewed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions']economic sanctions[/URL] against Russia, and closures of Russian diplomatic facilities and expulsion of their staff. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee']Senate[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Intelligence_Committee']House Intelligence Committees[/URL] conducted their own investigations into the matter. Trump denied the interference had occurred, contending that it was a "hoax" perpetrated by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)']Democratic Party[/URL] to explain Clinton's loss." [/QUOTE]
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