(EDM) One striking feature of this year’s United States presidential election campaign has been the invisible but remarkably persistent background presence of Russia and its leader, President Vladimir Putin. Putin can perhaps be proud of this achievement: no other world leader (except for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad) was mentioned by name during the third and last presidential debate (October 19) between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (RBC, October 18; Moskovsky Komsomolets, October 20). The Kremlin has refrained from any official statements on this matter. But it is clear that the Putin regime has secured this extraordinary impact factor on the US elections thanks to the careful timing of its calculated strikes. […]
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