New York Congressional Candidate Announces Russian Intervention in Her Campaign

Earlier, Russian experts, politicians and representatives of American intelligence have repeatedly warned of Russia's potential interference in the 2020 elections. The publication shared the details "Voice of America".

Congressional candidate Evelyn Farkas said Russia is trying to thwart her campaign. She wrote about this in her column for The Washington Post.

From 2012 to 2015, Farkas was Deputy Assistant to the Head of the Pentagon on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Today, she runs for the Democratic Party House of Representatives in one of New York counties.

“In 2017, I warned that any candidate who spoke openly about Russia should worry about Russian interference in his elections. Then I did not think that I would be one of these candidates, ”Farkas writes.

Now she complains about criticism from conservative TV channels and social media. Opponents accuse Farkas of collecting dirt on Trump and his ties to Russia in 2016. She is also credited with spreading "fictions about Russian intervention." All of these accusations, according to Farkas, "are accompanied by a tsunami of online troll attacks." “Our pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, inboxes and phones are overwhelmed with a stream of vile, vulgar and sometimes aggressive messages,” she writes.

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In addition to American critics, the candidate claims to have noticed the activity of Russian trolls and suspicious pages on social networks. They are spreading and reinforcing the message of the US commentators, she said. She said that the same day she started receiving messages from American critics, Russian Twitter profiles were also created, which supported the statements of the former. “Throughout the day, Russian disinformation resources published different versions of this story,” Farkas writes in his column. At the same time, many Twitter pages that reinforced this attack on the politician published identical posts. Farkas is convinced that this is "a sign of false behavior on social media."

What was earlier

Recently, a Senate commission confirmed the findings of U.S. intelligence on Russia's intervention in the 2016 US elections. Then Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr said that with the approach of 2020, it becomes more important than ever to “remain vigilant about the threats of interference from hostile foreign players.”

Experts, politicians and representatives of American intelligence have repeatedly warned of Russia's potential interference in the 2020 elections.

In a 2016 interview, Farkas stated the need for an adequate response to Russian aggression, the strengthening of NATO in Eastern Europe and support for reform in Ukraine.