Anne Applebaum
Russia seeks to "disrupt the domestic politics of the US and European countries, through propaganda campaigns supporting isolationist and extremist policies." This has been clear for a long time, but
Catherine Belton of the Washington Post has the documentation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows.

The Washington Post
Apr 17, 2024 at 8:49pmWeb
Show threadaproitzApr 17, 2024

@anneapplebaum

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Show threadpatcanfieldApr 18, 2024
@anneapplebaum and why haven't the local presses been printing This? Trump's pocket IS Putin's pocket. Starving schools of money has finally paid of for the Russian agents in the Republicans Congresses from all States up to DC. and all we have to do is vote,
Show threadAndrocatApr 18, 2024
@anneapplebaum All conservatives are suspect.
About half are Russian plants, and the rest are venal assholes available for purchase.
Show threadVessOnSecurityApr 18, 2024

@anneapplebaum
This is bullshit.

1) The quote you provided does not exist in the article. (Maybe edited later?)

2) The document is not secret. It is "for official use only". Perhaps "classified" is a better word - in the sense that it is classified at the lowest level of confidentiality.

3) The Russian original is mostly a bunch of bureaucratic blah-blah, talking about "a coalition of unfriendly nations headed by the USA" and they are aiming to harm Russia. It does not saying anything about disrupting other countries' politics; in fact, it is devoid of any concrete measures at all. It's basically about which bureaucratic organization should handle which general trends.

Show threadapemantusApr 18, 2024
@anneapplebaum Russia has returned to its 70s Cold War days, the golden years of the KGB, the youth of Putin and his friends. Now with new technologies of propaganda and influence.
Show threadbufalo1973Apr 20, 2024
@anneapplebaum
So "far right parties" basically.