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The ultimate aim of the Russian disinformation machine is to destabilise the West, Liz Wahl, a former Russia Today (RT) news presenter, told EurActiv Poland.

Liz Wahl is an American journalist who resigned from RT America live on air in March 2014 in a video clip that has since gone viral. On her resignation she said: “Personally I cannot be a part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth”.

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