I don't know what you're referring to as Russian support. What I wrote was:
The sarcasm is intended to imply that this is exactly what
every country would be expected to do in just about any theory of how international power politics works. It would be surprising to find a rich, powerful country that
isn't funding opposition parties and promoting propaganda glorifying themselves. As Russia still has some of the largest, most effective spy and propaganda apparatuses, this is what I would assume they're currently doing, have been doing, and will continue to do.
The title of the thread, complete with an a big red exclamation point, has all of the intrigue of "Dog Bites Man" style stories:
This headline is on par with "United States funds anti-communists in Venezuela" for my level of shock.
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Sure. When it comes to spying and propaganda, I don't even feel any particular need to regain moral high ground. I assume that we'll spend vast resources and use every tentacle of state power possible to play the same grand game. I broadly agree with @
Skroe regarding appropriate responses that should be taken - there's a lot of room to exercise much more leverage than the United States and Europe presently have. Financially strangling Russia's oligarchy is an entirely appropriate response. Making it nearly impossible for them to comfortably travel abroad is appropriate. Cyber warfare within some limited scope is an option.
My
only point to open the thread is that it's tiresome reading something that everyone should have already known presented as though it's a big reveal.