<Li> Russia gathered information on Republican political targets during the course of the election cycle but withheld that information from the public . </Li> <Li> Russian state media arms such as RT, Sputnik, and a web of Internet trolls consistently praised candidate - Trump while providing negative coverage of his opponent, Clinton . The media outlets targeted U.S. domestic audiences using English language mediums to portray candidate - Trump in a positive light and disparage U.S. media coverage of him as prejudiced and motivated by their commitment to the American political establishment . </Li> <Li> RT published a variety of anti-Clinton material throughout the election cycle intended to disparage Hillary Clinton . Among them were videos titled "How 100% of the Clintons' ' Charity' Went to...Themselves," and "Clinton and ISIS Funded by the Same Money ." </Li> <Li> Before Election Day, Russian ultranationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky proclaimed that Russia would "drink champagne" in the event of a Trump victory, due to the anticipation of Russia being able to move on its positions in Ukraine and Syria . </Li>

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