Russia has spent $300M influencing foreign elections since 2014, officials say (cnn.com)

OMG 35 M$ per year

It's almost like America hasn't spent trillions doing the same job over the same time period.

They got better results for their advertising dollar than any other customer, to hear some tell it.

How much did the USA spend on influencing Afghanistan for the last 20 years? How well sis that work? If the "bot armies on social media" are so effective let's just do that next time.