Last year, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed that politicians in Germany, Italy, and Cyprus were paid by Russian operatives to introduce legislation literally written by Russian intelligence officers.
One activist from Austria even complained to his handler about the quality of one article that had been coordinated with the Kremlin.
Nevertheless, he published the article under his name in a Swiss media outlet.
It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians.
The U.S. should be spending money on the border with Mexico, not on Ukraine aid?
Russia invaded Ukraine to defend itself against an expanding NATO?
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