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Despite claims that it doesn't care, Russia's state media has consistently favored Donald TrumpBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesDespite the Kremlin's neutral stance, Russian state media shows it favors Donald Trump.State media has ridiculed Kamala Harris while portraying Trump in a positive light. Meta and TikTok have previously banned Russian state media for election interference.The Kremlin has long maintained it doesn't care who will win the US presidential election on November 5th."Generally speaking, the outcome of this election makes no difference to us," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Newsweek earlier this month.But despite what Russian officials claim, the country's state media tells a very different story."Russia absolutely cares a great deal about who wins the US election," Ann Marie Dailey, a policy researcher at RAND, told Business Insider."Russia will seek to sway the election in a way that minimizes US support for Ukraine."State media coveragePer Reuters, Harris' tendency to burst out laughing during interviews and debates has been ridiculed in Russian state TV broadcasts.Russian state TV has also played compilations of some of Harris' worst moments and made frequent sexist and racist comments about the presidential candidate."Kamala with the nuclear button is worse than a monkey with a grenade," Andrei Sidorov, the dean of the global politics department at Moscow State University, said on the Russian state-run Rossiya 1 channel, according to Politico.By comparison, Russian state TV's main Channel One news program often portrays Trump and running mate, JD Vance, as confident and intelligent, Reuters said.The discrepancy between how broadcasters view the two candidates was particularly clear after last month's presidential debate, which was widely regarded as a clear win for Harris.However, Russian channels struggled to explain what had happened.According to the Daily Beast, hosts and pundits on Russian state television said that Trump was somehow "sabotaged" or "disadvantaged."Covert influence operationsIt's not just seemingly biased reporting.

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