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BIGGEST ISSUE IN U.S ELECTIONS
U.S INTELLIGENCE
- “Many foreign actors have a preference for who wins the election, which they express through a range of overt and private statements; covert influence efforts are rarer,” National Counterintelligence and Security CenterDirector William Evaninasaid in a statement.
PUTIN’S PROPOSAL
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a pact with the United States to avoid interfering in each other’s elections and other domestic affairs.
- Putin cited what he called the “risk of large-scale confrontation in the digital sphere,” according to a Kremlin statement
DETAILS
- “We would like to once again appeal to the United States with a proposal to approve a comprehensive program of practical measures to reset our relations in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT),” the Kremlin said.
- Facebook said on September 24 that it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia’s intelligence services to leak hacked documents to disrupt the upcoming U.S. election.
POINTS TO NOTE
- Russia has often accused U.S of instigating protests against Putin
- RussiaalsobelievesthatU.ShasinterferedinRussia’santi-homosexuallaws
- (Russian gay propaganda law)
RUSSIA HAS BEEN ACCUSING U.S SINCE 2011
THE PACT CAN BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER NATIONS
- Althoughtheideaofsuchanon-interferencepactisrathernew and will take time to find acceptance
- But many nations around the world can sign such pacts to ensure there is no interference in the elections
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