Issue 21:3

Russia has expanded its involvement in Latin America as Vladimir Putin seeks to undermine the United States and exert greater influence worldwide.

For the past 17 years, Russia has spent more than $115 million on Western public relations firms.

In the face of expanding Russian propaganda, within Russia itself, the United States, and abroad, the U.S. ought to focus on raising awareness concerning the tactics and goals of Russia’s predominantly government-controlled media.

Russian manipulation of the 2016 U.S. presidential election employed a diversified portfolio of overt and covert propaganda resources which it spent years cultivating and will likely use to influence Western elections in the future.