In 2014, the administration got a report of Russia’s intention to disrupt Western democracies, including the United States.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/14/obama-russia-election-interference-241547
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5991DEA9BD646
http://expert.ru/2017/08/14/laboratoriyu-kasperskogo-delayut-krajnej/
http://newsader.com/38694-baltiyskiy-front-kremlevskoy-propag/
https://www.inopressa.ru/pwa/article/14Aug2017/politico/election.html
Russia's government draws on a century of espionage tradecraft to influence and undermine Western society. Now it’s updated for the digital age.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-guide-to-russias-high-tech-tool-box-for-subverting-us-democracy/
https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28672623.html
https://zn.ua/HISTORY/sorevnovanie-za-yaroslava-mudrogo-256873_.html