Tbilisi. Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies releases a publication: Russian Footprint in Georgian Elections.

''Informational confrontation (''Информационное Противоборство''), the main effect of which is the formation of perceptions and actions of the target audiences, is one of the ways for the Kremlin to dominate the international arena. One of the important directions of informational confrontation is attacks on the institutions and systems of foreign states, discrediting democratic forms of governance and key political figures. Starting from the 2014 cyber-attacks against Ukrainian election system, cyber operations have been used with more-or-less success against the US and French Presidential elections, as well as the German Bundestag elections'', is noted in the statement.

Source: www.gfsis.org