Report also emphasizes that China has not involved in such manipulation. Russia has used the proxy groups to spread various misinformation to public and US media about the government officials, individuals close to Biden.
Such report will likely to worsen the relations between Russia and US. Early in March 2020, US has put some sanctions against the government officials who had taken a role against the assassination of Navalyn. According to social media, US and UK officials are discussing to introduce new sanctions which will affect the Russian economy deeply. Naturally, Russia will perceive this as escalation.
The report also reveals Iran’s role, too. According to the report, Iran has also used similar ways to effect the elections. Considering all these fact US will likely to perceive this as national threat to cyber networks of US organizations, business operations and communications. These are vital assets to protect in order to keep the economy and national security intact. Thus shall be expected that US shall react decisively against the Russian proxies (or Russian government) regarding this matter not in mainland but wherever they exist. It construes a silent cyber surveillance and counteracting activities globally.
