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I'm not sure why this is getting insta-downvotes. While there's no evidence to support it, there could be circumstantial logic to it. One government would very much like to divert focus onto the other, if possible, especially in a climate where they'd prefer to have the issue of election interference trumped by a trade war.

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Lots of countries dislike each other. There's no reason to suspect that this is a "Russian misinformation campaign" and suggesting as much is just making things up to push xenophobic anti-Russian conspiracy theories. No different than the "QAnon" and "Pizzagate" conspiracies that the OP is deriding.

It was recently discussed in the news that Russian trolls may have exacerbated drama over The Last Jedi. Which is to say, there seems to be significant interest by those groups in sowing discord and distrust among Americans, not just interfering with the election itself.

I don't hold any given concern against the Russian people, or people who have Russian roots who live here. But pretending the Russian government isn't actively interfering with our media would be intellectually dishonest.

What was "recently discussed in the news" does not necessarily have any truth value.

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