# Why would Russia tinker with the presidential election?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-russia-tinker-with-the-presidential-election/833375 "2019-05-02T17:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-russia-tinker-with-the-presidential-election/833375/141 "2019-05-04T15:12:27Z")

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Unless it is directly related to Russia, or election tampering, drop it.

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**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-russia-tinker-with-the-presidential-election/833375/142 "2019-05-07T07:01:16Z")

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In 2010 or 2011, HRC while SoS took some time to demean Putin and Russia, and made vague references to his manhood or being a good man. My own experience with Russians, both socially and professionally, is like most cultures, they’re very egotistical individuals. A minor squabble even with a well-educated Russian may end up with a call to fist-fight one another.

If you wanted to be racist about it, you could say they’re not far off from neanderthals.

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