back to article Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on Russian troll farm Rybar

The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Russian media network Rybar and a number of its key staffers following alleged attempts to sway the upcoming US presidential election. Rybar, according to the US, has consistently tried to stoke division within the country. Specifically, Rybar manages the social media channels # …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    It strikes me

    that this sentence from the article...

    "Through TEXASvsUSA, Rybar has sought to sow discord, promote social division, stoke partisan and racial discord, and encourage hate and violence in the United States".

    could read as

    "Through TRUTH SOCIAL, Trump has sought to sow discord, promote social division, stoke partisan and racial discord, and encourage hate and violence in the United States".

    1. DS999 Silver badge

      Re: It strikes me

      Through TRUTH SOCIAL, Trump...

      He's not a Russian citizen.

      Yet, I should add. He may be one in the future if he loses the election since he's already said he'll flee the country rather than face justice for all the felony counts he's awaiting trial for.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    A barrel of laughs

    No group anywhere in the world could possibly hope to sow anywhere near as much discord, division, resentment, anger and misinformation, as the collective "establishment" of the US of A itself.

    Through decades of suppressed/skewed education, carefully choreographed "news" coverage and encouraged racial segregation and rivalry, the land of "do as we say, not as we do" has made its own bed - and the establishment wouldn't have it any other way.

    Oh, and let's not forget the active encouragement of drug use (no matter their feigned ongoing "war on drugs"), to keep the populace compliant and docile.

    1. Zonker Zoggs

      Re: A barrel of laughs

      An interesting point you raise, comrade

      1. Yorick Hunt Silver badge

        Re: A barrel of laughs

        I believe the word you're looking for is "bratko," unless you're still struggling to step into this millennium.

  3. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

    Hypocrites and Plonkers’R’Us ... aka The Blind leading the Blind to Nowhere Good

    Is the following not foreign election interference ? ...... https://www.gbnews.com/politics/labour-party-sends-staff-us-campign-for-kamala-harris

    1. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

      Re: Hypocrites and Plonkers’R’Us ... aka The Blind leading the Blind to Nowhere Good

      And the answer is a resounding YES. Such is foreign election interference ......... Read more about it here ......... "This Is Illegal": British Labour Party Sending Staff To Campaign For Kamala In Swing States

      What a palaver ...... und Bravo, Mein Führer, Herr Starmer.

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