Russia / Strategy Media Update – 10 June 2017

June 10, 2017, 8:45 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia again dominating MSM and many of the reports are yet again truly bizarre – Federation Council President Valentina Matviyenko (ethnic Ukrainian but Putinist hardliner) yet again making the MSM. Prof Goble’s Baker’s Double Dozen No. 86 full of fascinating meltdown stories. Transnistria essay most interesting, Kirillova… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 10 June 2017

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Will Roper & Nicholas Thompson: The Future of Warfare – SXSW 2017

June 10, 2017, 9:50 am

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I HATE to watch videos (but not as much as I hate audio recordings) because they normally drone on or are consumed with something, but this was quite interesting. Will Roper, the director of the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office, speaks with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson about the ways that robots, artificial intelligence, and… Continue reading Will Roper & Nicholas Thompson: The Future of Warfare – SXSW 2017

Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America

June 11, 2017, 7:39 am

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Why are we focusing on who leaked what to whom, when our democracy is under siege? By MOLLY K. MCKEW June 11, 2017 It was a breezy, surprisingly pleasant summer week in Washington as the frenzy around potential Trump-Russia revelations reached near-carnival levels. On Thursday, brightly clad groups scattered across the lawns of Capitol Hill… Continue reading Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America

THE RUSSIANS ARE HERE

June 11, 2017, 7:43 am

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JUNE 11, 2017 PAULR Good thing I checked.  Reading the New York Times this morning I almost coughed out my breakfast cereal on the sight of the following full page ad on page 7: What was the ‘therussiansarehere.org’, I wondered. The front for a bunch of well-financed maniacs determined to further exacerbate East-West tensions? As… Continue reading THE RUSSIANS ARE HERE

‘Putin Interviews’ as much about Oliver Stone as Russian leader

June 11, 2017, 9:06 am

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Oliver Stone is a nonapologetic Russian promoter, for the most part.   This interview is no different.  Putin is not confronted about his illegal annexation of Crimea, about why he believes it is proper to violate international law. Putin is not confronted about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in violation of international law. Putin is… Continue reading ‘Putin Interviews’ as much about Oliver Stone as Russian leader

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 11 June 2017

June 11, 2017, 12:55 pm

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s internal meltdown continues, with expectations that next week’s planned protests will be larger than earlier ones. Good observations by Piontkovsky,  Artemyev, Ivanov, Shelin and HRW reports that the Soviet practice of harassing parents when children are seen to deviate from the party lines has been revived.… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 11 June 2017

Countering terrorist propaganda online

June 11, 2017, 1:05 pm

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GOTCHA By Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 12, 2017 – 12:00am Expelling the remnant Mautes from Marawi City by Independence Day today would make for fine PR, but pyrrhic if to cost more soldiers’ and civilians’ lives. If government forces truly have them encircled, then starving them into surrender could be just a… Continue reading Countering terrorist propaganda online

Navalny Video Accusing Medvedev Of Corruption Posted On Government Websites

June 11, 2017, 1:07 pm

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June 11, 2017 16:21 GMT RFE/RL A video accusing Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of corruption was published on two government websites on June 11, one day ahead of planned nationwide anticorruption protests organized by opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. The video, produced by Navalny and his supporters, was published on the websites of the regional… Continue reading Navalny Video Accusing Medvedev Of Corruption Posted On Government Websites

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Navalny Set To Lead Nationwide Rallies On June 12 To Protest Russian Corruption

June 11, 2017, 1:12 pm

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It appears the posting of the Medvedev corruption videos may be part of the preparations for tomorrow’s anti-corruption marches. Russia will most likely arrest Navalny again. But the world is watching – closely. </end editorial>  June 11, 2017 19:45 GMT RFE/RL Protesters are set to take to the streets in Russia on June 12 in… Continue reading Navalny Set To Lead Nationwide Rallies On June 12 To Protest Russian Corruption

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 12 June 2017

June 12, 2017, 11:47 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s internal crackdown / meltdown continues, with Navalniy’s protests across 200 cities and towns producing big turnout, and big arrests – notable is that footage shows large numbers of young people. In Sweden, a neo-Nazi gang arrested for a bombing campaign was found to have received combat… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 12 June 2017

How Russia Targets the U.S. Military

June 12, 2017, 12:21 pm

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Full disclosure, I am quoted in this article.  The subject was Veterans Today, a site I began listing as a Russian Proxy propaganda website back in 2015 on Russian News, Russian Proxy News Sites And Conspiracy Theory Sites.  As Ben Schreckinger and I discussed over the series of multiple conversations, it is rather difficult to judge… Continue reading How Russia Targets the U.S. Military

Russia: mass protest arrests show authorities’‘stranglehold’ on free expression

June 13, 2017, 1:19 am

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Amnesty International UK 12 Jun 2017, 06:25pm ‘The right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by the Russian Constitution, though you wouldn’t know it from the alarming scenes today’ – Denis Krivosheev A crackdown on peaceful protests across Russia in which hundreds of people were arrested and numerous others beaten by police earlier today demonstrates the… Continue reading Russia: mass protest arrests show authorities’ ‘stranglehold’ on free expression

‘Spoiling the holiday’ How Moscow riot police handled Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption protesters on June 12

June 13, 2017, 1:35 am

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See also: Moscow court sentences Alexey Navalny to 30 days in jail Meduza 17:24 Mon, 12 Jun Russia coverage is minimal, stating that Navalny was arrested for holding an unsanctioned rally.   Navalny was arrested for 30 days for calling for unsanctioned rally RIA.ru (in Russian) – no mention of protests.  Nezavisimaya Gazeta mentions the riots. Russia… Continue reading ‘Spoiling the holiday’ How Moscow riot police handled Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption protesters on June 12

Russian Warlike Words Versus Reality, But Wait, Bad Machine Translation!

June 13, 2017, 2:25 am

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I read the following alarming headline in RIA.ru, part of the official Russian propaganda outlet, RIA Novosti. Moscow is the enemy of Washington, said the head of the US Joint Staff This I found fairly alarming, especially coming from General Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. Such warlike words… Continue reading Russian Warlike Words Versus Reality, But Wait, Bad Machine Translation!

Russia is targeting the US military with fake Facebook profiles of gorgeous women

June 13, 2017, 2:49 am

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Daniel Brown 12 June 2017 When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the studios of state-owned media outlet Russia Today in 2013, he reportedly instructed them to break “the Anglo-Saxon monopoly on global information streams.” It appears he has not forgotten that goal. Politico reported on Monday that Russian hackers have been posing as attractive women and… Continue reading Russia is targeting the US military with fake Facebook profiles of gorgeous women

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The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare Asset: Gangsters

June 13, 2017, 8:23 am

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Russia and other states have taken to hiring street gangs and thugs to do the sort of dirty work that even spies don’t want to touch. 12 June 2017 Mark Galeotti Following the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack, which shut down computers around the world from Russia to Taiwan last month, fingers have been pointed at North… Continue reading The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare Asset: Gangsters

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 13 June 2017

June 13, 2017, 9:02 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia has produced a minor tsunami of MSM traffic, of which only about a quarter deals specifically with yesterday’s protests, dominated by young people, and leading to more than 1,500 arrests. The Meduza photoessay and UATV video footage are illustrative. Portnikov essay on Russia’s  “imitation” of a… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 13 June 2017

Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez joins BBG as president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks

June 13, 2017, 9:07 am

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BBG Public Affairs June 13, 2017 WASHINGTON – The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) today announced that Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez will join the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN) as its new president beginning July 17, 2017. In this role, he will oversee MBN’s multimedia operations in the U.S. and across the Middle East, including… Continue reading Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez joins BBG as president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks

The United States Is Struggling In The Information Environment

June 13, 2017, 10:46 am

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Anytime I have a conversation with anyone who is not conversant in Inform and Influence Operations, Information Operations, Public Diplomacy, Strategic Communications, International Broadcasting, or Influence Operations, it seems, they eventually always ask: who is in charge and who is doing what?  What is the United States doing to respond to Russian Information Warfare, propaganda,… Continue reading The United States Is Struggling In The Information Environment

Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield

June 13, 2017, 11:44 am

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Army prepares for a less friendly electronic battlespace, embeds cyber in units. SEAN GALLAGHER – 6/13/2017, 6:45 AM The US military and intelligence communities have spent much of the last two decades fighting wars in which the US significantly over-matched its opponents technologically—on the battlefield and off. In addition to its massive pure military advantage,… Continue reading Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield