re: How dumb are the Russians?

More importantly they were as "dumb" as every other political pundit who thought Hillary would win.

They were even completely unprepared to engage with the incoming administration once Trump was elected.

I think this is a really good analysis base on the Mueller report.

What the Mueller Report Tells Us About How Russia Works
Please, put away those onion-dome-on-the-White-House graphics and abandon those excitable claims of Trump as a Russian agent.

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Far more frequent, though, are indications of a Kremlin that not only did not want or expect Trump to become president (in my opinion, the Russians were convinced Clinton would win and were simply trying to disrupt her assumed presidency, fearing she would embark upon a concerted campaign against them). If anything, the Kremlin was worried about its lack of traction with the campaign, and relied on the actions of sundry political entrepreneurs

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