“We had it coming”: The 2016 Russiagate and its aftermath revisited
Journal: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University International relations
Year: 2019

This paper examines the reactions to a complex case involving a series of developments labeled in the United States as Russia's meddling in the 2016 American elections. The paper addresses major developments or political fallouts of Russiagate. First, some politicians, mostly in Russia but only few in the West, insisted that there has been no meddling or interference. Second, to other commentators, especially in the West, the meddling with US elections indeed took place. Yet to others, and this