"It is unclear if Trump/Sanders have some policy / ideology that was amenable to Russian interests or if Russia was simply amplifying whichever candidate it tho

"It is unclear if Trump/Sanders have some policy / ideology that was amenable to Russian interests or if Russia was simply amplifying whichever candidate it thought would be generally bad for America." There is I think some evidence from past activity in eg Ukraine that Russian propaganda often takes all sides and infects them with distortions, contradictions and general confusion such that anyone trying to work out what might actually be happening in reality, can't.