DISINFO: Zombie Russiagate narrative persists even when CrowdStrike confirmed lack of evidence
SUMMARY
Zombie Russiagate conspiracy persists as the U.S. stokes fear and hatred of Moscow. The narrative has proven to be a useful tool as the United States supports economic, diplomatic, and military aggression against Russia. Russiagate continues to survive like a science fiction monster, resilient to bullets. The notion that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election or played a role in hacking and leaking Democratic Party emails has persisted, even after sworn testimony from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike confirmed a lack of evidence.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative denying Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, despite substantial evidence proving the opposite, as compiled in the two-volume Mueller report and the five-volume U.S. Senate investigation.
The allegation is a distortion of CrowdStrike’s sworn statement on its investigative role regarding the DNC hacking, in which the company was adamant about the involvement of Russia’s intelligence services. Other IT researchers concluded the same at the time.
Mueller’s investigation led to the criminal indictment of 34 people, 26 of them Russian citizens or entities including the infamous Internet Research Agency. Many other findings by The New York Times and The Washington Post, for which they received the Pulitzer Prize in 2018, were later backed by the evidence presented in court, further investigations or confessions of those involved.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives in our database, such as claims that the US never presented evidence of Russia’s involvement in election interference or cyberattacks, that Russiagate was a fraud orchestrated by the West, that US maintains sanctions on Russia even though accusations of interference proved to be unfounded, or that the Mueller report is another proof of how Russia is always falsely accused.