Secret documents show Putin's influence before the Russian election.. As of: February 26, 2024, 7:19 p.m By: Victoria Krumbeck Documents from the Kremlin show efforts to manipulate the results before the elections.

A supplementary budget covers the costs. The focus of the influence is on three projects: the presidential elections, the so-called “information and ideological war” and the “New Regions” According to the documents, the Kremlin wants to spend 1.1 billion euros on this.