By now it should be clear that the new normal of Russian conduct on the international stage includes tampering with elections in Western democracies to boost candidates the Kremlin believes likely to do its bidding and to harass those who won’t. Having done exactly that in the 2016 U.S. elections, President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence agencies are now directing their subterfuge at Europe, including the continent’s foremost economic powers: Germany and France.
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Washington Post: The Kremlin turns its electoral meddling to Western Europe
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference on the sideline of the EU leaders summit at the Europa building, the main headquarters of European Council and the Council of the EU, in Brussels, on April 29.
