I can’t believe the Russkies would do anything so drastic that would effect the November election. They want Hillary/Bernie.
“I can’t believe the Russkies would do anything so drastic that would effect the November election. They want Hillary/Bernie.”
I think they would rather have Trump. We are the ones doing everything we can to fire up a new cold war requiring untold billions to be spent. They just want to not be threatened and undermined, and to be shown basic respect. I think they sense Trump has no animus for them and will treat them in a businesslike manner.
The loony McCain, Neuland, Hillary wing is utterly unpredictable. Bernie I think they correctly judge as nutty and too reverent for the USSR and communism, which over there is seen as a head shaking joke.
They get nostalgic for Sputnik, Yuri Garagin, and for a few points of pride like defeating Nazis. But nobody actually wishes for the Soviet system to return. (except Bernie, and our neocons who will get filthy rich from conflict)