Posted on 12/16/2016 8:24:50 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Russia’s Hacks Followed Years of Paranoia Toward Hillary Clinton
Max Fisher
Hillary Clinton last month Washington. “It’s not just they didn’t like Clinton, but they actually thought that she represented a threat,” said Mark Galeotti, a Russia expert at the Institute of International Relations. Cliff Owen/Associated Press
Russia’s unprecedented intervention in the United States election came amid more than United States-Russia tension and Donald J. Trump’s praise of Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president. It also coincided with a growing belief, in Moscow, that Russia faced an imminent threat in Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.
Mrs. Clinton is viewed in Moscow as innately hostile to Russia. Widely held conspiracy theories portray her as seeking to foment unrest that will return Russia to the chaos and depression of the 1990s. Even many government technocrats view her with suspicion that at times verges on paranoia.
She referred to these views at an event on Thursday, telling donors that Mr. Putin’s “personal beef” with her had driven Russia’s intervention in the American election.
Mark Galeotti, a Russia expert at the Institute of International Relations, based in Prague, said the Kremlin was consumed by something more urgent than petty revenge: self-preservation.
“It’s not just they didn’t like Clinton, but they actually thought that she represented a threat,” he said, describing Russia’s actions as a matter of “policy, not pique.”
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
Unless they’re made by Liberal Democrats, in which case asking for proof makes you a bad person.
STFUNYT
“innately hostile to Russia.”
Maybe not. Just a useful excuse to consolidate power in her hands.
I agree with Russia that Hillary Clinton represented a threat, and I’m damn happy that incompetent, witless, evil twit isn’t president.
All this talk of hacking and NO discussion of Hillary’s State Department communications being on an unsecured server. FUNYT
#fakenews
These idiots loved Russia when they were communist murderers.
“Years of paranoia toward Hillary.” “Vast right wing conspiracy.” Whoa, she is sounding kinda craizy!
These idiots loved Fidel Castro a few weeks ago.
Right on cue!
The New Yawk Slimes. ROTFL! #fakenews
Max Fisher - purveyor of
FAKE NEWS
This is a total joke. They wanted that stupid bitch to deal with. She was considered a moron by the Russians. Trump is building up the military !! And they wanted hillary? RIGHT— Wink.
“Russia’s unprecedented intervention in the United States election. . .”
I guess if you don’t include all the years the Communist Party ran a Presidential candidate. . .
New York Slimes is hoaxing media.
Galeotti is not a Russian expert. He is a Russophobe NeoCon warmonging hack. Of course the Slimes bases its fake news on him.
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