The point of this "trolling" is not to influence opinions directly, but to "work up" tribalism with the amplified/fake controversy. The goal here is to increase

The point of this "trolling" is not to influence opinions directly, but to "work up" tribalism with the amplified/fake controversy. The goal here is to increase the divide between the West and Russia, and it seems to be working [0][1]. In this case, I think the activity could be called trolling. [0] http://qz.com/341322/russian-hatred-toward-the-west-charted/ http://qz.com/341322/russian-hatred-toward-the-west-charted/ [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/181568/americans-increasingly-russia-threat-top-enemy.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/181568/americans-increasingly-rus... Edit: Changed [1] to a more recent poll.