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We’ve been in a “hybrid war” with Russia since arguably 2008, when the invading Georgia to “protect ethnic minorities” and prevent them from becoming any closer aligned with the west. Since then they’ve been trying to divide us as a society and bolstering any corrupt, anti-western regime that opposes us ( Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Hamas, and prior to 2014; Ukraine). they also get very involved in western democratic elections to get the results they want. I’m not talking about claims of outright collusion, I’m talking about massive disinformation campaigns and troll farms that can sway public opinion, increase division (as has happened to us), or get openly pro-Russian politicians elected (as has happened to Hungary). Apparently after trump won in 2016 the disinformation material produced by Russia went from heavily white-supremacist/right wing to heavily black nationalist/leftist. A lot of it comes from Twitter but I’ve seen month-old Facebook accounts with Turkish names and a confederate flag profile pic spreading their propaganda as well.
on the flip side of that, Russia is losing several hundred men per day to NATO equipment in Ukraine, so we’re definitely getting payback. They’ve also proven they’re too weak militarily to be a threat to anyone except the unaligned Eastern European countries and the -stans. I’m much more worried about China than Russia.
TL;DR: we’re in a Hybrid/proxy war with Russia, but the good news is we’ve recently learned they suck at actual war. China however is still very much a threat.