Remember the 'Russia Hoax' ?

Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted to interfering in US elections on the eve of a midterm vote in which Republicans will seek to take control of Congress and state-wide offices across the country.

“Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere, carefully, precisely, surgically and the way we do it, the way we can."

Prigozhin was responding to a request to comment on a recent Bloomberg report saying Russia was interfering in Tuesday’s US midterm elections.

The US social media analysis firm Graphika last week said that suspected Russian operatives have used far-right media platforms to criticise Democratic candidates in the lead-up to the midterm elections in a number of US states, including Georgia, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Prigozhin, together with a dozen other Russian nationals and three Russian companies was indicted in 2018 as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections.

Prigozhin was charged with inciting discord and dividing American public opinion ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, accusations Prigozhin, as well as the Kremlin, has previously vehemently denied.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/putin-ally-yevgeny-prigozhin-admits-interfering-in-us-elections

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pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

What of it? I thought US elections were safe and secure, or whatever the buzz term was

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@pianoplayingsteve They are. He's talking about an interference campaign not vote altering.

pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

@RodionRomanovitch a safe one can’t be interfered with, else it’s not safe. Especially when misinfo can cost lives

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@pianoplayingsteve I just explained it to you once. I can't help you if you don't understand the difference.

pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

@RodionRomanovitch of course, seen this done to people before, if someone disagrees with someone, it just has to be that they can’t understand them. It’s the get out of jail card for any discussion because in any context you can just derail the exchange with ‘you just don’t understand’. Weird how there is no misunderstanding when they agree with you.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@pianoplayingsteve Ok , you don't understand the difference between an influencing campaign and actually hacking into voting machines to alter the outcome of an election. We'll just leave it there shall we.

pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

@RodionRomanovitch if you still have that attitude, sure pal :)