This may be missing the purpose of Putin interference in western politics. He doesn't need to influence it in one specific direction or another. He only needs t

This may be missing the purpose of Putin interference in western politics. He doesn't need to influence it in one specific direction or another. He only needs to turn it into a shit show. This is because his purpose is entirely to do with the domestic situation inside Russia. He needs western democracies to become shamblolic in order to perpetrate the myth that everything is fine in Russia, because democracy is a joke anyway, so no need to look behind the curtain.