This is Kirill Shamiev’s perspective. In my opinion, he does not give justification or evidence for his conclusion. I include it here for your situational awareness into possible sea-changes in Russia. Kirill includes one major point the US indirectly addressed with the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. Despite the existence of professionalized, volunteer-based military units, conscription… Continue reading The Risks of Creating A Fully Professional Army in Russia
The Risks of Creating A Fully Professional Army in Russia
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack / Israel vs. Iran Ad Hoc Update (77)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Not a happy day in the media for Russia’s propagandists. The Yulia Skripal Reuters interview, the Dutch JIT public brief fingering the Kursk 53rd AD Bde of the PVO-SV for the destruction of MH17, and POTUS pulling the plug on the Singapore meeting with the DPRK has… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syrian CW Attack / Israel vs. Iran Ad Hoc Update (77)
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (78)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> The Russian play around both the Yulia Skripal interview and MH17 appears to be yet again centered in sowing doubt and spreading conspiracy theories – with the aid of the less clueful in the Western media. Tsipko again articulates some uncomfortable ground truths about Russia – and… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (78)
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Heather Nauert condemns Russia’s ‘callous disinformation campaign’
by Joel Gehrke | May 25, 2018 11:21 AM Russian officials are conducting a “callous disinformation campaign” to obscure their role in the violence in Ukraine, according to the State Department’s top spokesperson. Russia has long denied any involvement in the conflict, but the diplomatic clash with the United States was rekindled after international investigators this… Continue reading Heather Nauert condemns Russia’s ‘callous disinformation campaign’
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Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (32)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> A very busy week, not just in the DPRK, but also in Russia and Ukraine. NATO / EU / Russia Reports Bannon: ‘If Europe Is So Worried About Russia, Pay Up’ Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, told an audience in Prague… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (32)
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Facebook: Russian Bias Much?
By Christina Dobrovolska Today the Chief Editor of InformNapalm Roman Burko was blocked by Facebook Administration for 3 days for the post that he made in August 2015. Essentially, Facebook accuses Roman of using hate speech and, thus, violation of Facebook Community Standards. While this may look fair to you at the first glance, this is… Continue reading Facebook: Russian Bias Much?
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Artificial Intelligence In Disinformation Wars
The following article takes you, the reader, to the edge of the precipice and allows you to peer over the edge, but only slightly. Please allow me to show you more. A peek into hell itself, in the information realm. Says Sean Gourley, founder, and CEO of Primer, a company that uses software to mine data sources… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence In Disinformation Wars
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Who, us? Russia is gaslighting the world on the Skripal poisonings
From Wikipedia. “Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, and sanity.” This is one of the many tools that Russia uses to counter claims that cause Russia’s reputation harm. … Continue reading Who, us? Russia is gaslighting the world on the Skripal poisonings
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (79)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Some remarkable outbursts by the Vozhd and his leading propagandist, both on MH17 and the Salisbury attack, while the larger propaganda machinery follows the usual multiplicity of narratives. Western media are actually paying attention to the fiction emanating from Moscow, and also citing Hrytsak and Malomuzh. Excellent… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (79)
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Russian GRU officer tied to 2014 downing of passenger plane in Ukraine
Every denial by Russia for responsibility for shooting down MH17 should add to the punitive measures exacted against Russia when this goes to trial. This is one of the better articles which describes newer findings integrated with older discoveries. That much of the evidence was discovered by civilians, such as Bellingcat, is notable. That most… Continue reading Russian GRU officer tied to 2014 downing of passenger plane in Ukraine
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Defending The Indefensible: A New Strategy For Stopping Information Operations
This article is well worth reading, although it has some serious flaws. It correctly identifies the US State Department’s GEC as seriously flawed but offers no suggestions on how to improve. The article also correctly identifies an approach, using the CDC as a model for how to approach countering foreign propaganda efforts. Unfortunately, using the CDC… Continue reading Defending The Indefensible: A New Strategy For Stopping Information Operations
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Russia Is Restarting Its Ebola-Smallpox Weapon Program
Russia is actively working on the same Ebola-Smallpox weapon program as from the Cold War, according to a report written by Davinci AG, commissioned by Ukraine’s Rada and submitted to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. Over 5,000 open source reports were examined, dealing with public acquisitions by the scientific community. Russia’s Biopreparat program was supposedly shut down in 1991,… Continue reading Russia Is Restarting Its Ebola-Smallpox Weapon Program
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Russia already has weaponized Ebola
Attached is a 2014 article, written by former Director of the German MOD policy staff Hans Rühle, about the Russian/Soviet Ebola program. Now we have an open source report about a possible mix of Ebola-Smallpox, using disparate data points and state of the art analysis programs. Russia has a history of using chemical and biological… Continue reading Russia already has weaponized Ebola
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (80)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> More remarkable quotations appearing from the Vozhd’s statements last week – some of this truly reads like an alternate reality world. Threatening a suicidal war with the US is clearly part of the previously reported regime campaign to produce hysteria amongst Russian elites. Comical Sergei again lamenting… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (80)
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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (81)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. The wedge between Russia and Iran, in Syria, appears to be growing. Instead of direct and discreet talks with Iran, however, Russia is making public statements telling Iran what to do. This is a serious escalation and not generally done in public. Two hyper-macho countries are telling each other… Continue reading Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (81)
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Elon Musk Increases Criticism Of The Media, Proposes Highly Redundant “Pravda”
Elon Musk is proposing that journalists and the media be rated for credibility. He wants to call it Pravda. Elon Musk wants to fix media mistrust with a dopey rating system. There’s a better way. I agree the idea is a good one, but Pravda is already taken. Anything using “Pravda” would be far too… Continue reading Elon Musk Increases Criticism Of The Media, Proposes Highly Redundant “Pravda”
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Russian Journalist, Kremlin Critic Who Fled To Ukraine Shot Dead In Kyiv
For the second time in two years, a Russian journalist fled Russia, only to be assassinated in Kyiv. Suspicion, of course, is on Russian special services. Of course. Russia will deny any involvement. Russia is already blameshifting, blaming Ukraine. Russia’s Investigative Committee distanced the Kremlin from the killing — saying it had launched its own… Continue reading Russian Journalist, Kremlin Critic Who Fled To Ukraine Shot Dead In Kyiv
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Revealed: Facebook’s internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence
Nick Hopkins Sun 21 May 2017 13.00 EDT Leaked policies guiding moderators on what content to allow are likely to fuel debate about social media giant’s ethics Facebook’s secret rules and guidelines for deciding what its 2 billion users can post on the site are revealed for the first time in a Guardian investigation that will fuel… Continue reading Revealed: Facebook’s internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence
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Financier Bill Browder Arrested In Spain On Russian Interpol Request
May 30, 2018 08:27 GMT British-American financier Bill Browder says he has been arrested in Spain on a Russia Interpol arrest warrant. Browder, the founder of Hermitage Capital Management, wrote in a tweet that he had been arrested in Madrid by Spanish police and was being taken to a police station. “In the back of… Continue reading Financier Bill Browder Arrested In Spain On Russian Interpol Request
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Russia Demands Release of Satellite Images That the U.S. Released 4 Years Ago
Russia, through Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry Press secretary, is demanding something they already have had for four years. It makes for good headlines, however, assuming the reader or viewer has any other source of information. Here is an outstanding and very concise article from StopFake.org which highlights Russian false accusations meant for propaganda… Continue reading Russia Demands Release of Satellite Images That the U.S. Released 4 Years Ago
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