"One council member warned that the monument could be a Trojan horse. Johnnie Walton worries the Russians could put something in it that could be triggered remotely to disrupt the internet or electrical grid."
Russia wants to erect a statue in one North Carolina city. Result: a mini Cold War
""We're at war with Russia still. We're in a cyberwar here," Brown said. "They interfered in our election. And they've not said they won't do it again. ... The war has to end. Then you do something. You don't do it while you're at war.""
"The Russian Ministry of Defense wants to place a 25-ton bronze monument in Elizabeth City, where the recently declassified Project Zebra was carried out. Russia would pay for the 13-foot-tall monument, with the city footing the bill for improvements to the as-yet-undeveloped park on the Pasquotank River where it would be located."