Russia in the streets
From the NYT:
4. Sweden was long seen as a progressive utopia. Then came waves of immigrants — and the forces of populism at home and abroad.
The shift was largely due to an international disinformation machine, devoted to the cultivation, provocation and amplification of far-right, anti-immigrant passions and political forces.
A Times examination of the digital echo chamber’s content, personnel and traffic patterns illustrates how foreign state and nonstate actors have helped to give viral momentum to Swedish far-right websites. Above, a square in Rinkeby where witnesses said Russian journalists were trying to bribe immigrants into violence.
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