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They have literally been caught financing Brexit and every major alt-right, antidemocratic, Europe-skeptic party there is - Germany's AfD, France's FN, Italy's Salvini bunch.

Russia is a threat to democracy and an enemy of Europe, directly competing with China.

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Well yeah, but the thread so far was referring to military threats.

Russia can't compete with any Western country in open warfare.

Cyber warfare and nation destabilizing by propaganda campaigns however? That is way cheaper, and the Russians have quite a history of such actions with the KGB. The side benefit is that, in contrast to a Russian airplane dumping Russian bombs on a city, the Russian government can easily deny that they are responsible for a group of hackers or an oligarch's "donation" to a far right party.

If Russian Federation can be beaten by west military, then it's stupid to threat western countries in any way. They can bluff West for a few years, but then what?

The Russian brigade is doing great job downvoting you. This is another proof that you are right.

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