Russia spreading lies about US hurricanes to win war in Ukraine: Study

[KARAH RUCKER]

MORE LIES AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE COMING TO AMERICANS’ COURTESY OF THE KREMLIN. 

RUSSIA HAS LONG BEEN ACCUSED OF SOWING DIVISION AND WE’VE LEARNED THOSE EFFORTS APPEAR TO BE RAMPING UP AHEAD OF NOVEMBER 5TH. 

A STUDY RELEASED THURSDAY SHOWS RUSSIA HAS BEEN SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT RECENT HURRICANES IN THE U-S AND THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE.

IT’S REPORTEDLY PART OF AN ONGOING EFFORT TO MEDDLE IN THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL DEBATES LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

RESEARCHERS SAY RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WEBSITES ARE TRYING TO FRAME THE FEDERAL RESPONSE TO HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.

HOPING TO SHOW AMERICAN LEADERS AS INCOMPETENT OR CORRUPT.

THE LONDON-BASED ORGANIZATION BEHIND THE STUDY SAYS THIS IS HOW MOSCOW DISINFORMATION GROUPS INFILTRATE U-S HOUSEHOLDS. BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF POLARIZING ISSUES TO CAST DOUBT ON THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND EACH OTHER.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP MELANIE SMITH SAYS DISINFORMATION ACTORS CAPITALIZE ON NATURAL DISASTERS BY “SIMPLY POURING GASOLINE ON FIRES THAT ALREADY EXIST.”

THE CLAIMS PUT OUT BY KREMLIN-BACKED SOURCES INCLUDE FALSE ASSERTIONS THAT FEMA IS DIVERTING DISASTER FUNDS TO AID MIGRANTS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT WEATHER MANIPULATION. WHILE FEMA HAS SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADDRESSING THE MIGRANT CRISIS– THOSE FUNDS ARE SEPARATE FROM FEMA’S DISASTER RELIEF MONEY.

ANALYSTS BELIEVE RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE IS THE MAIN MOTIVATOR FOR SPREADING LIES ABOUT HURRICANE RESPONSES. NOTING IF RUSSIA CAN CONVINCE ENOUGH AMERICANS TO OPPOSE U-S SUPPORT OF KYIV, IT’S PATH TO VICTORY IN UKRAINE GETS EASIER.

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