No 32–04 \ vd is part of a tranche of secret Russian documents known as the Kremlin papers, allegedly leaked by insiders in the Kremlin, with a summary thought to be authored by Vladimir Symonenko. The report outlines a plan to put
Donald J. Trump into the White House in 2016 to promote Russian interests and to weaken the United States. The report also discusses the existence of
kompromat on Trump, so-called compromising material, according to the document, collected from Trump's previous visits to Russia.
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The papers describe Trump as an "impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual" who suffers from "an inferiority complex". The author recommended using "all possible force to facilitate his election to the post of US president". Based on the release, it is thought that
Vladimir Putin approved of the operation on January 22, 2016, at a private meeting of the Russian national security council.
[2] During that meeting, it was determined by a Russian spy agency that they would hack US targets to collect information and prepare measures towards helping Trump.
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Shortly after the meeting, it is believed that Putin set up a commission to influence the
2016 US presidential election headed by Russia's defense minister
Sergei Shoigu. He directed GRU military intelligence, SVR foreign intelligence and the FSB to work towards electing Trump as president. Just a few months later, on March 19, Russian hackers sent phishing emails to Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman
John Podesta, resulting in the
Podesta emails release, followed weeks later by the
Russian attack on the Democratic National Committee.
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