Comment by like_any_other

> Russian misinformation that was able to capture a large part of the population, mainly older people.

'Capturing' the population is worthless. Anti-immigration sentiment has 'captured' the UK, to the point that in every election since 1964, the public voted against immigration [1]. Yet every time they got increased immigration instead.

[1] https://www.woes.blog/p/tgr-democracy