The US government on Wednesday indicted two Russian nationals and seized more than 30 Internet domains linked to a campaign to influence the US election.

However, the dossier of information provided to the court by the FBI also revealed another bombshell: a Russian operation to manipulate German, French, Italian and British politicians, businessmen, journalists and other influential people, writes Politico.

The purpose of Russia's campaign in Europe was to sow discord, discredit America and undermine support for Ukraine, a whole series of Russian documents, memos and minutes of meetings on the conduct of psychological warfare.

The documents were obtained by the FBI and sent to court as part of the indictments filed Wednesday. The 277-page dossier details Russian plans to win the hearts and minds of Europeans.

A memo from Russia's Social Design Agency outlines a plan to influence the public through actual posts and comments on social media to bypass bot filters.

The Social Design Agency operates under the orders of Sergei Kiriyenko, deputy chief of staff to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an FBI file.

The Russian document states that the purpose of the campaign is to "provoke rational ("why exactly should we help Ukraine?") and emotional ("Americans are real garbage!") reactions in the audience."

The operation also relied on so-called doppelgänger domains to spread fake articles and content that appeared to come from Western media.

The domains included fakes of Reuters, Der Spiegel, Bild, Le Monde, Le Parisien, Welt, FAZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Delfi and others and were paid for with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, the FBI alleged.

Russian operatives have identified Germany as a particularly vulnerable target for Russian influence. "The Germans are more dependent than the French," says one of the Russian documents. This probably refers to Germany's economic dependence on Russian gas and exports.

"First and foremost, we must discredit the US, Great Britain and NATO, and second, we must persuade the Germans to oppose the ineffective sanctions policy," the FBI quoted an internal Russian memo as saying. .

Another document from the Agency for Social Design describes an operation called "Inciting International Conflict" specifically targeting France and Germany.

The purpose of the operation is "to escalate internal tensions, to promote the interests of the Russian Federation, as well as to influence real-life conflicts and artificially create conflict situations through false, influential articles, such as posts and comments on social networks ".

The Russian document adds that the aim is to "destabilize the social situation" in France and Germany by "spreading additional false narratives, fake videos, documents and recordings of phone conversations, comments on social networks and fake and real quotes from influencers".