I follow Russian propagandist Alexandr Dugin on Facebook. Today he made a posting. Three hours later it’s still up. Israel Drops Tactical Nuclear Bomb On Syria YourNewsWire What the heck? So, of course, I went “in search of”. Missile attack on Syria kills pro-Assad fighters, say observers Israel eyed after Hama, Syria, attack reportedly kills Iranians… Continue reading Russian Extreme Disinformation
Russian Extreme Disinformation
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (56)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> The Russians appear to be inflexibly determined to destroy what little remaining shreds of credibility they have with ongoing bizarre statements and actions – when you fail, press on, and if you fail again, press on … More on the Telegram debacle – this is the digital… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (56)
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FLASH: Netanyahu: Iran had secret ‘Project Amad’ to design, produce and test warheads
Anonymous expert gathering, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Interesting how the media are arguing this on the veracity / integrity of the intelligence data. We can expect this to saturate media for the next few days. Netanyahu claims to show Iran’s ‘nuclear files’ obtained by Israel Netanyahu says he has proof of secret Iranian nuclear… Continue reading FLASH: Netanyahu: Iran had secret ‘Project Amad’ to design, produce and test warheads
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U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
April 30, 2018 20:50 GMT Christopher Miller KYIV — The United States has confirmed to RFE/RL its delivery of American-made, Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine in a move that is welcome in Kyiv but will almost certainly enrage Moscow amid a four-year conflict that pits Russia-backed separatists against Ukrainian national troops. “They have already… Continue reading U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
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EU Expected To Expand Russia Sanctions Over Presidential Poll In Crimea
April 30, 2018 14:27 GMT RFE/RL BRUSSELS — The European Union is set to sanction five people who, according to the bloc, helped organize the Russian presidential election in the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea in March. Sources familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak on the record told RFE/RL on April… Continue reading EU Expected To Expand Russia Sanctions Over Presidential Poll In Crimea
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (57)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia seems determined to accelerate its descent into the abyss, with more absurd claims, very much now a source of mirth for Western media. Byman argues the headaches arising from declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism outweighs the benefits. Telegram debacle blowback continues, while Iran copies… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (57)
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Figure of the Week: 6,500
1 May 2018 | FOW, News and analysis, Top Story A new study has identified 6,500 Russian Twitter accounts that actively promoted U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the weeks before Britain’s June 2017 general election. The joint investigation by The Sunday Times and Swansea University revealed that many of the Russian accounts were in fact bots using 15-character alphanumeric usernames accompanied… Continue reading Figure of the Week: 6,500
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Russian jet intercepts US Navy plane
It seems Russia is fixating on being a constant pain to the West, especially the US and the UK. Now that tensions are reducing elsewhere, Russia is seemingly provoking an incident in the Baltic Sea. It is unclear the motivation behind this needlessly brazen act. It could be to distract attention from a possible invasion… Continue reading Russian jet intercepts US Navy plane
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International Rights Groups Implore Russia to ‘Unblock’ Telegram
The 14.5 million blocked IP addresses are affecting Google and Amazon, among dozens of other websites and applications. In related news, Signal, the secure encryption app, has been exposed as hijacking Amazon IP addresses as a result. Amazon threatens to suspend Signal’s AWS account over censorship circumvention. In this case, Signal is clearly identified as “circumvention technology”, an… Continue reading International Rights Groups Implore Russia to ‘Unblock’ Telegram
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Tech firms fret over push to legalize ‘defensive’ hacking
I observed my first “hack back” 20 years ago, so this capability is not new. It was being done for intelligence purposes, however. The debate continued in the corporate and government world, with a corporation’s “right to self-defense” often cited. At one point I witnessed a government senior deferring to a corporate entity in this… Continue reading Tech firms fret over push to legalize ‘defensive’ hacking
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (58)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. I respectfully disagree with the anonymous expert’s opinion about Rubin’s piece on the Russian Troll Factory and the new RIA FAN’s operation “USA Really. Wake Up Americans.” I do not think the article well researched, I believe it is poorly written, and after reading I had more questions than… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (58)
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Is Russian Strategy Shifting?
By all reasonable expectations, Russia cannot stay on its current path and hope to survive. The operative word being “reasonable”. As we have come to see in the past four years, Vladimir Putin’s actions are often anything but reasonable. If Alexei Kudrin is appointed to a heavyweight role in charge of outreach to Europe and… Continue reading Is Russian Strategy Shifting?
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Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: It just changed its name to Emerdata
By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 2 May 2018 at 20:29 The company formerly known as Cambridge Analytica shocked the media today when it announced an immediate shutdown and liquidation of its business. That “shutdown,” however, may be short-lived as official documents indicate those behind the controversial analytics company will be launching as a new firm with a less-toxic brand. The surprise announcement… Continue reading Cambridge Analytica dismantled for good? Nope: It just changed its name to Emerdata
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (59)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-flagellation campaign gaining momentum again, with mainly bizarre claims about the UK and Salisbury. FLANKER H falls into the bay off Hmeimim, crew of two KIA. Claims IAF destroyed Iranian TBM stocks using SDBs. Telegram debacle continues, while emigre Iranian computer scientists develop Telegram-lookalike capable of… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (59)
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Facebook vs. Russian bots: the Kremlin is winning
For over 2 months in a row InformNapalm volunteers have been struggling with the wave of Facebook bans. Currently, 4 of our active members are blocked for 30 days. While these bans are the result of new Facebook blocking policy, we investigated “ban words” and discovered that there is no way for the user to address this issue properly and… Continue reading Facebook vs. Russian bots: the Kremlin is winning
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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Russia is frantically trying to convince others not to remove its current veto in the UN. The point they avoid is their use of the veto to avoid responsibility for their actions and tacit approval of their allies illegal, unethical, or immoral actions. </end editorial> A curious Russian outburst over… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (60)
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Ukraine Ad Hoc Media Update (20)
Javelin debate restarts, JFO stands up, ATO stands down, Donbass fires continue, reports on foreign fighters, Russia’s defacto maritime blockade, Ukraine’s counter-blockade, Balaklia ammo storage site burns again, Russian R-330ZH Zhitel EW system burns, Antonov discloses collaboration with Turkey on new An-188 airlifter based on An-70, Ukraine imports surplus Polish 2S1 Gvozdika SPHs, miscellaneous political… Continue reading Ukraine Ad Hoc Media Update (20)
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Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (29)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Other than Russia’s ongoing dive into the abyss, the most disturbing reports concern Chinese actions across the GWoS and Djibouti. NATO / EU / Russia Reports Trump needs to “change the perception” of Russia: Volker | UNIAN As newly sworn-in Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed NATO… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (29)
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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self flagellation campaign continues, leveraging the efforts of proxies and the typographical error in the NYT article. Applebaum elaborates on the toxic effects of Russian propaganda inside Russia. No new developments in the Salisbury matter. S-300PMU2 debate continues in Israel. Iran debate remains very active everywhere.… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (61)
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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russian propaganda continues – judging from the 1600 arrests over the weekend resulting from the “He’s not our tsar” protests, it may not be selling at home quite as well as intended – some apt observations by Eidman on the matter. Eidman also comments on the regime promoted drive… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack (62)
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