Russia Expert Suggests “Nutrition Labels for Information”

Rivalry between Moscow and Washington is nothing new. A hundred years ago today, the October Revolution in St. Petersburg dismantled Russia’s tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union – the entity that became America’s number one foe during the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, but today’s Russia still views the U.S. as its main rival and has taken action to back it up, fomenting discord throughout the West, including in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

What makes the present day different from decades of mistrust and deception? Russia’s ability to confuse and mislead on such a grand scale and with such deep impacts on the U.S. political system.

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