Albright believes that the West should be afraid of Sputnik and Russia Today
MOSCOW, 3 Dec — RIA Novosti. Former U.S. Secretary of state Madeleine Albright has ranked the Agency Sputnik and RT to the main means of information warfare that is to be feared the Western countries, putting special vigor of these Russian efforts in Europe and Asian countries of the former USSR.
“For years, Russia and other authoritarian governments are engaged in a shadow campaign to discredit democratic institutions around the world, concentrating most of the energy for Europe and the former Soviet republics in Asia. The purpose (in this case) is not necessarily proof of the superiority of their system, but underestimate the importance of the idea of a representative (democratic) government, and also undermine (authority) of the Western leaders by issuing them as corrupt or vicious. This war is being waged propaganda media such as Russia Today and Sputnik News, as well as through the dissemination of false information and lies on the Internet”, the article says Albright, published by the newspaper USA Today.
Video
Provocation and scandal: the fight for the presidency in the United States is getting tougher
The diplomat provides links to various American news media that allegedly the Russian government is behind the hacking of correspondence of the Democratic national Committee and President Clinton campaigns for John Podestà , but recognizes the impossibility of this.
“Experts agree that no hacker will be able to actually change the election results,” admits the diplomat, referring to a hacker attack on the system of registration of candidates in the United States. “But if Russia is using false statements trump of rigged elections will succeed in undermining voter confidence in the integrity of the process, it will be a gift to autocrats, despots and illiberal politicians around the world,” says Albright.
The Democratic party and Clinton spoke directly about involvement in the attacks of Russia with the purpose to affect the result of the presidential election. No evidence of Russia’s involvement in these actions the US authorities are not presented. Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking about the accusations of Russia in the hacker attacks, said in published data, there is nothing in the interests of Russia, hysteria-mongering to distract from their content.
According to surveys of a number of leading us media for five days before voting in the elections, the Republican trump are gradually catching up with Democrat Hillary Clinton, although Clinton’s advantage remains, and it remains unknown whether trump enough time to close the gap.