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> That's partly because Russia didn't do anything much - and nothing compared to toppling a government. Russia wasn't trying to topple the US. It just wanted t
by mullingitover 6y ago
> That's partly because Russia didn't do anything much - and nothing compared to toppling a government.
Russia wasn't trying to topple the US. It just wanted to weaken its international coalitions (check), eliminate its diplomatic soft power (check) and eliminate the aggressive posture the US had toward Russian expansion (check).
- YarickR2 6y agoWell, what did US do to Russia during late 90s-early noughts ? Check, check, check .
- 082349872349872 6y agoI was going to say EN wikipedia goes on at great length how Yeltsin's american campaign consultants had very little influence on the campaign, but now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Russian_presidential_election#Allegations_of_American_interference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Russian_presidential_elec... no longer even mentions them. :))))) The interested might have to try contemporary sources, e.g. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601960715,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601960715,00.h... Bonus track (1996 in russian pop): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBo5DxhJ12w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBo5DxhJ12w
- croes 6y agoRussia didn't have to do anything. The GOP weakend the coalitions and the diplomatic softpower by threatening their partners. And the last time I checked the sanctions against russia are still in place.