{"id":31989,"date":"2018-03-06T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31989"},"modified":"2018-03-06T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:31:54","slug":"russia-blamed-for-italian-election-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31989","title":{"rendered":"Russia Blamed For Italian Election Outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia Blamed For Italian Election Outcome<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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If there is a European election, and the anti-establishment parties score a stunning victory (as just happened in Italy, and a few months prior, in Austria), who’re you gonna blame? Vladimir Putin (of course)!<\/p>\n

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That’s what Samantha Power, one of the top diplomats in the Obama administration, did when she shared an article by Spain’s El Pais newspaper about how Russia predetermined the outcome of Sunday’s election by spinning an immigration discourse in Italy: “Italy\u2019s joins long list of elections influenced by <\/strong>Russia. Sputnik will do what Sputnik does. The question is: what are our democracies going to do about it? Will voters repudiate candidates who seek to benefit from Russian interference?”<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span>Samantha Power<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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Italy\u2019s joins long list of elections influenced by Russia. Sputnik will do what Sputnik does. The question is: what are our democracies going to do about it? Will voters repudiate candidates who seek\u00a0to benefit from Russian interference? https:\/\/<\/span>elpais.com\/elpais\/2018\/03<\/span>\/01\/inenglish\/1519922107_909331.html\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n