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Last April, Vladimir Putin visited the campus of Bauman Moscow state technical university, set on the banks of the Yauza River in the east of the city and home to some of the country’s brightest scientific minds.

He toured the campus, met undergraduates and boasted about Moscow’s ambitious plans for space missions to the moon and Mars. “You have everything it takes to be competitive,” Putin told the students.

What the Kremlin readout of Putin’s visit did not mention was a secret faculty inside the university, known simply as Department 4, or “Special Training”.

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[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you deny that meddling? That it has had a serious impact on the US?

Yes! I explicitly said that it's mostly a conspiracy theory, backed by no serious evidence.

[–] dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@Riverside @world Do you also think election meddling by Russia in Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, and other central European states is a conspiracy theory?

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

No, there is substantial evidence for Russian meddling in such countries' elections. Do you think there's election meddling by the EU in said countries?