This is as good of place for this interesting information from NYTimes:.
Mr. Putin seems to have spent some of his early career as a K.G.B. agent working on foreign disinformation campaigns.
Yes, no question. He was a K.G.B. officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and worked in foreign intelligence. American experts say such officers had to spend a quarter of their time conceiving and carrying out plans for sowing disinformation. So he’s been at this game for a very long time — something on the order of four decades.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia leading a meeting about the coronavirus outbreak. Sputnik, via Reuters
What do you think have been the biggest successes of this effort?
The Kremlin’s anti-vaccine campaign has done much to drive Americans away from childhood immunizations, helping to stir a resurgence of measles, a disease once seen as defeated. Last year, the U.S. had 1,282 new cases, with 61 resulting in major complications such as pneumonia and encephalitis.
