RT, Sputnik and Russia's New War on the West

Fake news, hacking and more...

RT International's newsroom in Moscow.

Jim Ruttenberg, a New York Times reporter, traced a false story about Lisa, a German teenager and how it morphed into an early strike with diplomatic consequences in a new Russian war on the West.

Ruttenberg's report is the cover story of Sunday's New York Times Magazine.

For an indepth look at the Kremlin's "hybrid war" and its effects, including those in the U.S.: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/magazine/rt-sputnik-and-russias-new-theory-of-war.html?mcubz=0

Putin talking to RT journalists in Moscow, 2013.

Photos: nytimes.com.

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