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Since last year, the Lakhta Internet Research (LIR) troll farm, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (GRU) have employed cadres of US and other foreign authors to create anti-American and US-focused political content on English-language news platforms, including "United World International,"
These groups leverage their US contacts to seed their narratives more broadly into Western media,
We continue to assess that Russia's understanding of US electoral dynamics and its assessment of who is likely to win will guide its calculus as the election approaches. Ongoing cyber operations could inform or fuel further influence efforts. For example, as of June 2020, reconnoitered multiple state and local government website:
; we do not know the purpose of this effort. In July, a commercial cybersecurity company believed may have targeted a US political organization, probably unsuccessfully, though we cannot independently attribute the activity. Russia for years has targeted and collected information about current and former US Government officials, which it could leak to the public at any time.
(U) China
We assess that China prefers that the President whom Beijing sees as unpredictable and tough on China-does not win reelection. Although Beijing did not intend to try to affect the election, online influence, and collecting derogatory information about US public officials
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DNI Pulte @DNIPulte - Redacted Document: DECLASSIFIED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP on 3 July 2026
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derogatory information about US public officials
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL
(U) Russia
We also are monitoring for signs that other countries or nonstate actors such as criminal groups are acting on their preferences for the election and attempting to covertly influence public opinion, disrupt election operations, or jeopardize election data with tactics such as the use of ransomware.