How Russia uses race and migration to divide the West

It makes sense for Russian propaganda to boost Russia or undermine Ukraine — but what explains its obsessive focus on issues of race and migration in the West? In other words, what does Moscow gain from boosting stories about migrants eating cats and ducks?

How Russia uses race and migration to divide the West
Pro-Trump social media accounts have produced hundreds of AI-generated memes presenting images of Donald Trump rescuing cats and ducks from Haitian migrants.

It makes sense for Russian propaganda to boost Russia or undermine Ukraine — but what explains its obsessive focus on issues of race and migration in the West? In other words, what does Moscow gain from boosting stories about migrants eating cats and ducks?