NPR - How Russia Is Trying To Boost Bernie Sanders' Campaign

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It must be a relief to Russia that Bernie has indicated that once again he will campaign to the convention regardless of the math to promote his issues. Perhaps one of the issues is to give Russia a platform for disrupting the 2020 elections.

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/05/812186614/how-russia-is-trying-to-boost-bernie-sanders-campaign

It's 2016 all over again — at least from Russia's perspective.

Russia's state-sponsored messaging about Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign was more neutral in the fall.

But over the past six weeks, this coverage has shifted to mirror pro-Sanders talking points first used in the last presidential campaign, said Clint Watts of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, who has been monitoring Russian interference continuously.

"What's really come on strong just in the last 30 to 45 days are very similar narratives that we saw in 2016 about Sanders," Watts told NPR.