To be clear, any nation in the world would be fully justified in interfering in US elections, since the US is by far the very worst offender in foreign election meddling. You don't get to normalize something by doing it constantly and then say it's wrong.
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That's just election interference; it says nothing of invasions, coups, proxy wars and other regime change operations the US wages. You can't do these things and then say it's wrong to interfere in US democracy. It isn't wrong; what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
The US uses its military, economic and cultural might to bully and manipulate the entire world, to the point where people in many nations are affected by US politics more than Americans themselves are. It's not valid to interfere like that and then say others can't reciprocate.
None of this is to concede that any of these nations actually are interfering in the US election; the US government lies about these things constantly and should never be taken on faith about them. But if they did interfere, it would be perfectly legitimate for them to do so.
No. You can't call something a "wrong" if you have deliberately and of your own initiative created an environment where it is the norm. If you're shooting people at a concert, people are justified in returning fire.

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