The Guardian published “Kremlin documents” about Moscow’s attempts to help Trump win the 2016 US presidential election

The British Guardian newspaper published documents that, according to journalists, confirm the Kremlin's interest in Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election in 2016. The publication does not specify how it received the papers. According to journalists, Western intelligence agencies knew about the existence of the documents and familiarized themselves with them.

According to the newspaper, at a meeting of Security Council members on January 22, 2016, Vladimir Putin actually discussed the upcoming American elections and an analytical document authored by Vladimir Simonenko, head of the presidential expert department.

According to the publication, the meeting participants agreed that Trump’s rise to power would help ensure Moscow’s strategic goals: “social unrest” in the United States and weakening the position of the American president in negotiations.

The “Kremlin documents” say that Moscow needs to use “all possible force” for Trump’s victory, which will lead to “destabilization of the US socio-political system.” Three Russian security agencies have been ordered to find ways to support Trump, writes the Guardian .

Also in the document, available to the newspaper, attention is paid to “media viruses” that Russia can introduce into the American political agenda in order to “change mass consciousness,” especially among certain groups of voters. It was proposed to use the media to “undermine” leading American politicians.

The documents also contain a description of Donald Trump himself: he is assessed as “a mentally unstable, impulsive, unbalanced person with an inferiority complex.” The papers mention “certain events that took place during his stay in the Russian Federation” that make supporting Trump in the elections meaningful; What specific events are being discussed is not specified.

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the Guardian publication "excellent tabloid reading."