Putin may interfere in presidential elections in US
Russia may actively interfere in the US presidential election (photo: Getty Images)
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will interfere in the 2024 US presidential election, states Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov.
According to him, artificial intelligence has allowed Russia to significantly intensify its disinformation campaigns, which is a huge step forward for Moscow. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council is convinced that the scale of information interference will be much larger than before.
"Russia now has special units dedicated to every country where elections are taking place. The network of informants and agents of Moscow around the world is so large that removing Russian interference is impossible. The FSB continues to contract with European criminal groups," Danilov noted.
The Times states that Russian agents spread 166 million pieces of disinformation about Ukraine weekly on various platforms.
Presidential elections in the US
The presidential election in the US is scheduled for November 5, 2024. According to forecasts, the main candidate from the Democrats will be the incumbent American leader, Joe Biden. The Republicans will nominate either Donald Trump or former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently stated that the White House is concerned about possible Russian interference in the 2024 presidential election.
NBC News reported that Russia is already spreading disinformation ahead of this year's US elections. Fake accounts and bots are being used to harm President Joe Biden and his Democratic colleagues.
