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From Russia With Hate

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An overlooked argument in the Russia vs. The Civilized World is that The West is playing by the rules, a clean, clear, crisp, and almost always legal game and Russia is playing by mafia rules, immoral, unethical, and often illegal – in so many ways – for of nasty and mean guerrilla warfare.  Russia wants… Continue reading From Russia With Hate

How the Kremlin Tried to Pose as American News Sites on Twitter

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Twitter has suspended dozens of accounts masquerading as U.S. news sources that had more than 500,000 followers. By Selina Wang December 5, 2017, 6:00 AM EST Updated on December 5, 2017 The Kremlin-backed Russian Internet Research Agency operated dozens of Twitter accounts masquerading as local American news sources that collectively garnered more than half-a-million followers. More than 100… Continue reading How the Kremlin Tried to Pose as American News Sites on Twitter

Microsoft Reaches Human Parity In Translating Test Set Of News Stories From Chinese To English

Another Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (10)

Netherlands Cabinet: Broad approach against unwanted foreign interference

Dutch MPs in plan to shut EU website on Russian propaganda

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Obviously, Russia is trying to counter a successful effort to expose and counter Russian disinformation. This means it is working and Russia is using pro-Russian Dutch MPs to shut down this EU EEAS website.  The EU is making strong public moves to resist Russia and counter Russian disinformation!  The Russians are using everything they can… Continue reading Dutch MPs in plan to shut EU website on Russian propaganda

Russia Agents Attempted to ‘Influence’ and ‘Directly Undermine’ U.S. Natural Gas, House Report Finds

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Posted to Energy March 16, 2018 by Erin Mundahl For months, House Committees and a Special Counsel have been investigating Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election. Even as these investigations continue to make headlines, interference in American energy markets, which was likely even more successful, has received relatively little attention. According to new findings from the House Committee… Continue reading Russia Agents Attempted to ‘Influence’ and ‘Directly Undermine’ U.S. Natural Gas, House Report Finds

U.S. government’s media agency targets Russian disinformation and Iranian censorship


Facebook massively blocking accounts of Ukrainian critics of Russian aggression

Strategy / History / Capability Ad Hoc Update (13)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> CSIS report on surprise – the author makes some valid points, and nation state opponents are usually not entirely dumb. Mostly updates on multiple programs – F-35 problems are beginning to cascade, and this will continue as other deficiencies pile up. Some very interesting history items. Strategy… Continue reading Strategy / History / Capability Ad Hoc Update (13)

Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (22)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting </end editorial> Russia / Russophone Reports Eight foreign ministers write joint column on Crimea | UNIAN The ministers reiterated the fact that the international community would not acknowledge Russia’s claims to Crimea and that they would further condemn the illegal annexation and militarization of the Ukrainian peninsula. Putin Votes… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (22)

Ed Skibicki TED Talk about Ukraine

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Ed Skibicki is founder of 1,000,000 People Around the World in Support of Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom. For more visit the group on Facebook. 10 APR 2018 Public Hosted by Ed Skibicki Harrisonburg, Virginia If you cannot attend, it will probably be live-streamed as well. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1608217175951890/ Advertisements

EU demands Russia urgently hands over all information on Novichok nerve agent programme

Worth the read: “The Cambridge Analytica Files ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower”

Observations on Cambridge Analytica

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> This very interesting matter has acquired explosive momentum. Many have complained about such abuse of personal data in the promotion of consumer goods, but the political world ignored such complaints for years. Now that the same methods have been employed in politics it is a scandal. Possibly… Continue reading Observations on Cambridge Analytica

BS Revisited

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> After decades of people ignoring the problem, there appears to finally be some interest in researching the problem again. An excellent article in the WSJ, pointing to three recent and very interesting publications. Fine-Tune Your B.S. Detector: You’ll Need It – WSJ In the digital age, misinformation—from… Continue reading BS Revisited

Another Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (15)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russians follow predictable pattern. Further bragging about how how the attack aided in the Russian election campaign (which it probably did given common xenophobia and envy of the West in Russia). SECSTATE Johnson does excellent interview for DW. UK hits RF in Geneva arms control meeting. Yesterday’s… Continue reading Another Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (15)

Putin, a Little Man Still Trying to Prove His Bigness

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By Robin Wright March 20, 2018 I bumped into Vladimir Putin in Chile, in 2004, when we were both in Santiago for the annual conference of leaders from twenty-one nations on both sides of the Pacific. Putin was strutting across the hotel lobby in that distinctly quick duck-footed waddle that twists his upper torso and makes… Continue reading Putin, a Little Man Still Trying to Prove His Bigness

Another Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (16)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russians hold  “briefing” for foreign diplomats, which as expected was a tirade of blameshifting and invective directed at the UK. SECSTATE Johnson briefs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in Parliament. More reports on support, and lack thereof, for the UK. SECDEF Mattis and Amb Haley comment. Media… Continue reading Another Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (16)

Russia’s Potemkin Election (2)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Some very good analytical commentaries and OpEds. Videos online show blatant ballot-stuffing in Russia – The Washington Post Sunday’s election in Russia had blatant abuses, but it was probably cleaner than previous votes. Russian Observers Charge Fraud in Putin’s Landslide Re-Election – Bloomberg Russian election observers denounced… Continue reading Russia’s Potemkin Election (2)
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