As Americans grappled with grief over the assassination of Charlie Kirk , malign foreign governments maneuvered to exploit the shock.

They fanned the flames of national division and polarization, weaponizing the pain of the free-speech champion’s killing for their own ends.

A public murder seen around the world is not a crime the Kremlin would overlook out of respect for Kirk, his family or the country that mourned him.

Leading Russian officials and the Kremlin’s state news outlet pounced on the opportunity to manipulate Americans’ heightened emotions.

Former Russian president and current Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev worked to link the assassination to the war in Ukraine.

Before the identity of the alleged assassin was known, he wrote: “Maybe it’s time for the MA

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