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Happy Hour, EW Style!!

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Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

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Justine Zwiebel / BuzzFeed Damning evidence of Russia’s paid troll / commenting army.

I cannot hope to paraphrase this excellent article without diminishing it’s clear beauty.  It is superb research, remarkable writing and very revealing.  Max Seddon, great job.  Russia now officially hates you.  Please, click on the link and read to the end.  This is damning to Russia, may they squeal like sacrificial mice.

The adventures of Russian agents like The Ghost of Marius the Giraffe, Gay Turtle, and Ass — exposed for the first time.
posted on June 2, 2014, at 1:48 p.m.
 
Max Seddon
BuzzFeed Staff

Russia’s campaign to shape international opinion around its invasion of Ukraine has extended to recruiting and training a new cadre of online trolls that have been deployed to spread the Kremlin’s message on the comments section of top American websites.

Plans attached to emails leaked by a mysterious Russian hacker collective show IT managers reporting on a new ideological front against the West in the comments sections of Fox News, Huffington Post, The Blaze, Politico, and WorldNetDaily.

The bizarre hive of social media activity appears to be part of a two-pronged Kremlin campaign to claim control over the internet, launching a million-dollar army of trolls to mold American public opinion as it cracks down on internet freedom at home.

“Foreign media are currently actively forming a negative image of the Russian Federation in the eyes of the global community,” one of the project’s team members, Svetlana Boiko, wrote in a strategy document. “Additionally, the discussions formed by comments to those articles are also negative in tone.

“Like any brand formed by popular opinion, Russia has its supporters (‘brand advocates’) and its opponents. The main problem is that in the foreign internet community, the ratio of supporters and opponents of Russia is about 20/80 respectively.”

The documents show instructions provided to the commenters that detail the workload expected of them. On an average working day, the Russians are to post on news articles 50 times. Each blogger is to maintain six Facebook accounts publishing at least three posts a day and discussing the news in groups at least twice a day. By the end of the first month, they are expected to have won 500 subscribers and get at least five posts on each item a day. On Twitter, the bloggers are expected to manage 10 accounts with up to 2,000 followers and tweet 50 times a day.

via Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America.

 


Filed under: Information operations, Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine@war: How to spot a Russian Twitter troll

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I am not the author and I would love to blog about this subject, but this blog is good. Darn good.  I do not claim to be and I am not an expert on Twitter, this blog exceeds my capacity to analyze Twitter.  ht to fh

Thursday, May 29, 2014

In the style of war that Putin fights, influencing the public opinion plays a very important role. It means there is a legion of internet soldiers fighting an information war on the internet. Of course there are also regular (pro-)Russian people involved in their internet-army.

These people are called trolls and this is how you can recognize them on Twitter:

level 0 – Software agents

In Twitter it is possible to generate automated responses on tweets on certain keywords. For instance: I tweeted a message with the word ‘invasion’ in it, in combination with ‘Russia’. I got a complete irrelevant to the rest of the context and overall general statement back, that sounded like: “There was no need for Russia to take measures, if the West hadn’t messed with Ukraine in the first place.” From an anonymous user… lol.

Banned!

level 1 – Egg Trolls

 

 

 

These little buggers are the front line of irritating Russian trolls. They follow you, they retweet you and favorite you and give you the impression that you have a fan. And then they start to question you in your tweets.

This is an example:

A statement like this means you have to go into a discussion. They try to disrupt, cast doubt, disinform and you name it. When you take the bait, it can keep you busy without getting anywhere for a long time.

When you check their profile you see something like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are anonymous, no Photo, no description

They have very little followers

They only retweet and favorite, they have no tweets of their own

This retweeting they do, is totally pointless, because their only followers are other pawns.

via Ukraine@war: How to spot a Russian Twitter troll.

 


Filed under: Information operations, Russia, Trolls, Ukraine Tagged: Tweets, Twitter

Dr. Dan Kuehl

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Dear friends and colleagues,

I am writing this on behalf of our dear friend and brother, Dan Kuehl, at the request of his daughter, Kim. I apologize to those who may receive this more than once due to multiple lists.

As you know, our friend Dan has been fighting pancreatic cancer for some time now. Despite best efforts, his health recently became much worse. Over the past few days, he has been in the hospital as the doctors tried everything left to do…but, sadly, to no apparent avail.

According to Kim, this afternoon Dan will go home in Erie to rest amongst family and friends. He is very weak, but as we who know him best would expect, like Churchill he is fighting to the end. But I fear that end is now very near – a few days perhaps, maybe a little longer if the Lord wills it.

Kim asked me to tell everyone how very much Dan has appreciated your kind friendship and loving support, and how very much he has enjoyed the many cards, notes, emails, Facebook posts & Etc. sent to cheer him. He extends his sincere thanks and deep gratitude to you all. Your love and friendship have helped sustain him. His wife, Susan, and daughter, Kim, also send their appreciation and sincere thanks.

Please feel free to send him encouragement via email/Facebook, but I do not know if he will have the strength to read or respond. If you are so inclined, I also ask for your prayers for Dan and his family now as they prepare for his passing. I will send a similar email to all & help post to Facebook as warranted.

I don’t have Dan’s complete contact list, so please forward this note to anyone else that ought to know but who may not be on our lists.

This note was written by Russ Rochte, Dan’s friend (and mine) and widely regarded as Dan’s protegé.  If you know Dan, send him a note.  I was told Dan is too weak to speak on the phone, but I urge you to send him love and your best words.

Dan is one of my dearest friends, for me this is unbelievably painful.


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Dan Kuehl has passed

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“Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds -
and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of -
wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.
Hovering there I’ve chased the shouting wind along
and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

“Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
and, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
the high untrespassed sanctity of space,
put out my hand and touched the face of God
-John Gillespie Magee-

Daniel Timothy Kuehl
July 27,1949-June 28,2014

My father died this morning surrounded by people he loved.
Thank you so much for your caring, compassion,and endless prayers.
He is finally free and flying.


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Funeral services for Dan Kuehl

Rev. Marvin L. Harding Passed Away This Evening.

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Harding SelfieMy father passed away this evening, 18 July 2014. Rev. Marvin L. Harding passed at 9:15 this evening, surrounded by family and friends.

Father, husband, pastor, friend, veteran and a member of the greatest generation. I knew him as “father”, but all my friends called him “PH”, for “Pastor Harding”. The memories. Oh, the memories he was a part of, that he created, that he fostered. No matter where I went, around the world, I met people he knew, that he touched, that he helped. No matter where I went in Reading, PA, people always knew him, respected him and always had an exceedingly kind word for him.

My father had a work ethic second to none. When we did yard work together, he humbled me. When he worked on the church that he helped build, he left me exhausted. His patience, his perserverance, his love, his sacrifice, his knowledge, his calm… now are an inspiration to me and for me, always.

His last words to me were too powerful for words, they were unspoken, I knew what he meant, I know what he said. Until we meet again, Father. I will always love you.


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Maskirovka

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Wikipedia defines Maskirovka like this:

Maskirovka is a Russian word (Маскировка) pertaining to the business of military deception. Although the word is sometimes translated as ‘camouflage‘, this belies its much broader meaning that includes all measures, active and passive, designed to deceive the enemy, which includes: concealment (skrytie), imitation using decoys and military dummies (imitasiia), manoeuvres intended to deceive (demonstrativnye manevry) and disinformation(dezinformatsiia) The Soviet Military Encyclopeadia defines maskirovka thus:

‘The means of securing combat operations and the daily activities of forces; a complexity of measures, directed to mislead the enemy regarding the presence and disposition of forces, various military objectives, their condition, combat readiness and operations, and also the plans of the commander … maskirovka contributes to the achievement of surprise for the actions of forces, the preservation of combat readiness and the increased survivability of objectives.’

Let’s look at the Ukraine/Russia border. There is a British term, shite, and it perfectly describes the tactical situation there.  There is nothing strategic about what these folks are doing. The rebels are getting their butts pounded but the Ukrainians are paying the price with big equipment losses.  Things are slowing down, the Russians are attempting to put more equipment into the hands of the rebels and reinforce with regular Russian troops, but they can only do so much.  The Russians are doing airdrops into a few areas.  But, overall, the tempo is slowing down…  into what I am calling a strategic pause.  Sure, combat is still going on but there have been no major movements in some time.

Then a few things hit me today.

Five most famous military provocations of the Western world.  This was posted today by a Russian information warfare expert.  I immediately thought that the MH 17 shootdown, but that wasn’t good enough.  Then I saw this: Terrorists made provocative attack of the territory of the Russian Federation from mortars, – the National Security and Defense Council.  Russians firing onto a Russian village.  Then another manufactured provocation: 45 Ukrainian shells hit south Russian village.

Consider this.  In the past few weeks we have seen reports of Russian “Peacekeeping” forces only a few kilometers from the Ukraine.  Here, Putin announces he may send in Peacekeeping forces into Ukraine.

The Russians will most likely move “Peacekeeping” forces into Ukraine and create a buffer zone, expanding outward so that another autonomous zone may be created in Ukraine, under Russian control.   Maskirovka.  Invasion disguised as peacekeeping.

 


Filed under: Information operations, Russia, Ukraine

Russia/Ukraine Information War of 2013/2014 – I Need Your Help

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We’re now seeing thousands of Russians being encircled in Ukraine, escaping back into Russia, or being killed. In my opinion, many were in place in ~March/April, when demonstrations began in East Ukraine and then when the takeovers began later.  I would like to establish who is in overall charge of this operation.  Who is in charge of the Information Warfare aspects of this operation?  Is it the same person?  Office?  What was the timeframe for putting the plan together?  Was this plan being executed during the Sochi Olympics as a cover or did it go into play after the games were over?  How were the information warfare aspects of this planned and executed? Contingency plans?  Quick reaction plans?

‘How’ did Russia get so many Russian ‘volunteers’ in place without us noticing? By car, train, truck, bus, tour groups, other? Is the border that porous? Were bribes used extensively? Did anyone notice? Were any warnings given? I saw one Twitter notification of someone hiring, does anyone have a copy? Did anyone see other advertisements?  Please share!

 

How did the Russians bring weapons into Ukraine?  Explosives?  Are the border guards in Ukraine that incompetent/corrupt or is the border that open that hundreds of military vehicles can come streaming through without the world screaming?  Are that many of the Ukrainian border guard personnel that pro-Russian that part of the Russian plan would assume their cooperation?  Or are they just Russians wearing a Ukrainian uniform?  Was there any vetting process for Ukrainian recruits ensuring their loyalty to Ukraine and not Russia?  Is that even possible?  Is that even practical?

Are the people of Russia, Ukraine, UK, US, Germany, Romania, Moldova and everywhere else that malleable, naive, stupid, or complacent that it can be part of a plan that they will not realize they are being lied to, straight to their face?

I just established a Pinterest board about the 2013/2014 Ukraine/Russia information war and put hundreds of pictures in it, trying to portray all sides – staggeringly different perspectives (http://www.pinterest.com/joel_harding/russian-ukraine-information-warfare/). As I search for pictures and descriptions of the Ukraine/Russia Information War, I am struck by the bizarre developments in the Euromaidan in 2013, the possible cover of the Sochi Olympics, the eruption in February 2014 in the Maidan in Kyiv, the steamroller takeover of Crimea and the uprisings and attempt to do the same in East Ukraine.

I am struck by the sheer incompetence of so many individuals on such a massive scale, the refusal to act by so many, the lack of options, the sheer audacity of some, the absolute boldness of the Russian tactics, operations and strategy, the impudence of others, and the screaming insolence overall.   I am reminded – constantly – how differently Russians think from Americans and how our perspectives can be so completely opposed, faced with exactly the same facts.  I am struck by the Ukrainians themselves, torn by so many different factors, families torn asunder.  By some accounts thousands have died, but the information warfare aspects have skewed the facts, we may never know anything close to the truth.  Even now, as the pro-Russians are in a panicked retreat by some accounts, Russian sources reinforce their successes and invulnerabilities and cite all the Ukrainian losses.

I need your help

Please send me links to your favorite articles about the Russia/Ukraine Information War of 2013/2014.  I want different perspectives, not just pro-American, I also want Russian, Ukrainian, German, UK, Swedish, Chinese – everyone’s.  Links to pictures showing “a” truth and different perspectives would be helpful.  Your stories.  Your pictures on Pinterest.  Tell me what you are seeing, feeling, hearing and know.

This whole situation has moved so bizarrely for so long that, if properly written, the history of this entire operation will be almost unbelievable.


Filed under: Information operations, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine

RT – See no evil, Hear no evil, Invent the Truth

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RT: See no evil, Hear no evil, Invent the Truth

RT, once again, denies the truth. Not that I blame them, but it sure looks funny. 

In the continuing saga of the Russian humanitarian aid “Trojan Horse” convoy from Russia, supposedly bound for the Donbass area of East Ukraine…

Picture of mostly empty aid trucks

The numbers range from 240 to 290 trucks, with unknown cargo, are heading from the Moscow area to Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukraine with mostly empty trucks.   Then the story gets weird.

 

The convoy apparently changed directions at one point, split into different convoys, and then, perhaps, rejoined, spent the night in a rest area near one of the Ukraine/Russian border crossing points, where the drivers all seemed to wear the same light brown shorts and tops.  I find that rather amusing, to say the least.

But that only points out a little bit of the background story.

Then, last evening there were reports that a military convoy crossed over into Ukraine.  Here is an eyewitness account, observing and taking pictures of the convoy, the same story here.  This story seems to be corroborated by the Ukrainian government.  More corrobaration here.

Bloomberg News reported that part of the convoy was destroyed by artillery, “Ukraine Says It Destroyed Part of Armed Convoy From Russia“. CNN carried the same story, “Ukraine says it destroyed much of Russian military convoy“.  The story was also here and here.  The last story contains a picture of an airplane firing at ground targets, and we know the SAM coverage of Ukrainian airspace by Russian forces – in Russia – prevents that from happening. 

Another picture of the military convoy approaching Donetsk.

Russian tanks enter Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Friday.

Drum roll please. 

Now RT reports: “Russian Defense Ministry denies reports military column crossed into Ukraine“.   I mean…

Yahoo picked up the story, actually they report that “Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine“, that’s probably closer to the truth.

RT seems to be embracing the typical party line in any situation that goes counter to the Russian template:  deny, deny, deny.

How much do you want to bet those stories disappear in the next day or two?

Oh, RT, you funny.


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A Brief History of the Russian Media: A complete guide to who controls the Russian news.

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The Interpreter

A special project of Institute of Modern Russia

A Brief History of the Russian Media

A complete guide to who controls the Russian news.

Recent history of the Russian media shows how the media system was preconditioned by the country’s political development. In the 1990s the Russian media system underwent major transformations following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The media were introduced into new realities: the market economy, the end of ideological control of the Communist Party, political pluralism, the development of new public institutions, et al. Fascinated by the seemingly ideal Western model of the press, Russian media borrowed most of its characteristics: freedom of speech, private ownership of the media outlets, similar legislation, distance from the state, public influence, and a watchdog role.

Still, development of the new Russian media system in the direction of the Western ideal was constrained by the deeply rooted cultural and professional traditions of Russian journalism. “For centuries, journalism as a social institution in Russia has been developing free from economic considerations while the role of the economic regulator has been carried out by the state which in turn secured the paternalistic foundation in journalism… [In the 1990s] the state, while liberating the economic activity in the media, was not ready to relax control over the content. This has produced practically unsolvable tension for the media themselves trying to function both as commercial enterprises and as institutions of the society.” [Ivanitsky]. The role of the state in the Russian media system has been and remains dominant.

After the new Law on Mass Media was adopted in 1991, thus effectively establishing guarantees for independence of the media and the freedom of speech, the first stage of privatization of the media market followed. In the early 1990s, as the country was going through an acute financial crisis, state funding of the media was cut manifold, which, in its turn, led to drastic cuts in circulation numbers and staff. As some scholars note, a whole generation of Soviet journalists were forced to change profession. At the same time, numerous private media companies were created driven by the forces of the free market; many old media outlets were privatized, reformatted and re-purposed.

Continued at : http://www.interpretermag.com/a-brief-history-of-the-russian-media/


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A Simple Analysis of Russian Propaganda

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Tonight I read an article entitled “Western Europe is fed on a diet of propaganda“.  Of course I was interested and I plunged ahead, getting to the subtitle before I realized the twist – the article was going to be pro-Russian, anti-American and it would stink.  It read

In many Western European countries, governments friendly to the U.S. have been using the media to spread ridiculous fears about Russia.

There are three basic assumptions the author has just used in the subtitle alone.  “Governments friendly to the US”, the assumption being the UK.  Depending on the day of the week and the subject at hand it could also be any other government in Europe or none, and the words are deliberately chosen to subtly imply a negative.  “Have been using the media” – the assumption here is that the governments control the media, and most of us know this is not true. Western governments may share information about a policy, a program, or an event, but they certainly do not control the media and tell them what to write or say.  “Ridiculous fears about Russia”, meaning any fear about Russia is ridiculous.  ‘Oh you silly boy, you must always trust Russia!’

Later he says:

When I asked him if he had any special intelligence sources or contacts that could supply irrefutable proof, he could only cite what he read in a local newspaper.

“Irrefutable proof”.  Of course not, almost every single event in the past six months has been clouded, confused and disputed.  Russian soldiers in Crimea did not exist, only later were they acknowledged. MH 17 was shot down by the Russians by an SA-21, but it can’t be proven (because Russia controlled the area and allegedly…).  Russia is systematically destroying the infrastructure of Donbass from across the Ukraine-Russian border but denies firing a shot, as a matter of fact Ukraine is blamed for the occasional misplaced round as a provocation.   There are no Russian soldiers or vehicles inside Ukraine, none of them have license plates. No Russian vehicles have entered Ukraine, those pictures and reporters stories aren’t real.  Those 40,000 Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian border are there only to protect Russia from Ukraine.

We all know that many reputed newspapers in the West supported the U.S. government’s ridiculous fabrications about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in 2003.

Now to deal with the greatest tragedy of last decade, when President George W. Bush and his Secretary of State lied to the world about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and as a result, we will forever wear the shame of their fabrications.  Consequently there is always be an element of doubt that can be inserted into almost every discussion concerning the US and Russia.  George W. Bush, you did us wrong.

The Russian Army could have overrun all of south-eastern Ukraine in a matter of days if it wanted to, but that would have given the country virtually no strategic assets of any kind.

Consequently, if Russia is waging an oozing war, a guerilla war, then an unconventional war of proxy troops, troops without identifiable nationality and consistently destroys all evidence of culpability, the statement above is used to avoid responsibility.  We will find a way to prove Russia’s guilt, but until then, it’s propaganda machine will continue to churn out this muck.

Although America lost a lot of lives in the Second World War, there was no fighting in the continental United States. It was Europe that bore most of the brutalities of the war.

In other words, United States, butt out.  This is our situation, go home Yankee. That was written on a lot of walls back in the 1960s by the Soviets, some things never change.

Now by meddling in the heart of Europe, the U.S. government is trying to create conflicts in distant lands from the comfort of the Pentagon.

By some abstract logic, the United States is somehow responsible for Russia meddling in Ukrainian politics, forcing then President Yanukovych to harshly suppress the Maidan protestors, forced Russia to overwhelm Crimea and then forced Russia to insert volunteers into Eastern Ukraine.

In his final paragraph, the author, Ajay Kamalakaran, does not name the United States and does not need to.  He points a finger at the United States and states that the evil of the world originates in one country.

Now notice the source.  The “Russia and India” report, http://in.rbth.com.  Now notice the RBTH part of the address, that stands for Russia Behind The Headlines, owned by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.  

Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russian: Российская газета, lit. Russian Gazette) is a Russian government daily newspaper of record which publishes the official decrees, statements and documents of state bodies. This includes the promulgation of newly approved laws, Presidential decrees, and Government orders. It was founded by a decree of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR and its first issue appeared on 11 November 1990. (Wikipedia)

Yes.  This is Russian propaganda, plain and simple.  Designed to influence foreign audiences and persuade us to support their position. This is official propaganda that the Russians accuse the West, and especially the United States, of producing.

But of course, the Russians will deny, deny, deny.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pmBC_CrQS4 

ps. While you’re at it, please read “Pro-Kremlin Media Accuses West of Propaganda War Against Russia” and skip down to the part that is titled: “Information Counterattack”


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Russia: Please Stop Defacing Soviet Monuments

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Recent events in Ukraine have caused many people in former Soviet states to have increased anxiety over the dreaded perception that Russia may attempt to reassert control.  This perception has been manifested in many ways, the most obvious are acts against memorials, statues and other reminders of Soviet occupation. Defacements. Vandalism.  Statements.  Desecrations.

In Ukraine, three statues of Lenin were destroyed.

Now we have reports, verified by Russian news sites and here (containing a picture of the incorrect statue) and here (Picture of the monument before) , that a monument to Soviet soldiers has been desecrated.  To look like American superheroes.  Superman is the most prominent, but I can also identify Captain America, Santa Claus, The Joker, Ronald McDonald, and Wonder Woman.

A whole host of more desecrations can be seen here.

Other statues in Bulgaria have been defaced as well.  Other statues have been purposefully removed, such as one of Stalin in Georgia.  And Stalin was one of their favorite sons.

Defacements have occurred in Moscow, as well.

There is a rise in defacements of Soviet era monuments, statues and other reminders.  Obviously today’s defacement of the star on top of one of the Seven Sisters in Moscow, a relic from the Stalin era, is directly related to the current crisis in Ukraine.

There have been other reminders of the Soviets destroyed.  The Czech Republic systematically destroyed some, here.  Recall that in 2007 there was a large scale hacker attack by Nashi against Estonia when they removed a Soviet soldier statue.

Russia, itself, seems to have a love-hate relationship with their past heroes, removing statues of Lenin.

Russia appears to be at a crossroads.  It seems former Soviet states want to remove many traces of their former Soviet rulers.  It appears Russia wants these symbols to remain.  This can be interpreted in a number of ways, most of which cause former Soviet states to worry.

The actions by Russia, today, may portend Russian desires to restore a Soviet style empire.  Many believe that is the motivation for Putin.  There does not appear to be a desire to restore Communism, however.

These symbols, left intact in former Soviet states it is hoped by Russian rulers, will serve as a reminders of the good times possible under their rule.  Many Russians desire a return to the order of the Soviet state.

But it is obvious that many former Soviet states do not desire the return of their former oppressors.  It is also obvious that some inside Russia do not like their leadership.  They are willing to risk prison to make that statement.

Maybe Putin’s fears are coming true…   a popular revolution within Russia?

Please allow yourself to enjoy this video from the Beatles, Revolution.

 

 


Filed under: Information operations, Propaganda, Psychological Warfare, Russia Tagged: Defacement, Monuments, Revolution, Soviet, Statues

Information Operations/Information Warfare References

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Here is a list of recommended Information Operations and Information Warfare references.  I’ve compiled this list with the input from a good number of IO professionals.

An explanatory note.  I have some very respected friends who have written wonderful books on Information Warfare and Information Operations, but they are mostly about warfare in cyberspace, so I did not include them here. The two fields are worlds apart. Warfare in cyberspace is a subset of IO or IW. My blog, my rules.

Information Operations References.  I’ve put these in order, most to least relevant and useful.

Psychological Operations

Counter Terror  An effort within the US government, to fight terrorism was called CVE or Countering Violent Extremism.

Cyber security and war

  • I will assemble this list separately

Not Recommended List. 

Update: Try this.


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CVE References

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Dear President Putin and Russian People

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Originally posted on 2012: What's the 'real' truth?:

The MilleniumReport.com
September 9, 2014

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DearPutin.com:

Please accept our apologies for the behavior of our Governments and Media. Western Nations, led by the United States, seem determined to start a war with Russia. A sane person would recognize the terrible consequences of such a war and would do everything in their power to avoid it. In fact it appears that this is exactly what you are doing. In the face of an endless stream of lies and provocations you have managed to keep Russia from being drawn into a nuclear war.1, 2

Events surrounding the war in Ukraine are twisted to represent you as an aggressor when the facts clearly show otherwise. Neo-Nazi gangs commit atrocities against the citizens of Novorussia on a daily basis and they receive political and financial support from Western governments. The Ukrainian army has attacked Russian checkpoints and towns and regularly bombs refugees…

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PressTV: BBC playing dirty tricks against Iran by spreading disinformation, by Finian Cunningham

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Originally posted on 2012: What's the 'real' truth?:

BBCBBC

Tue Sep 9, 2014 11:48AM GMT

By Finian Cunningham

Related Interviews:

The British Broadcasting Corporation is up to its old dirty tricks again, spreading government disinformation in an attempt to make trouble for Iran.

In a recent report, the BBC claimed that the Iranian leadership “has approved cooperation” with the United States in an effort to combat the extremist so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria.

“Ayatollah Khamenei has sanctioned General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force – an elite overseas unit of the Revolutionary Guards – to work with forces fighting IS, including the US,” according to the BBC, quoting “sources in Tehran.”

The BBC claim comes as US President Barack Obama this week expanded American air strikes against the terror network in western Iraq, which is also known as the Islamic…

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PressTV: Russian bombers practice attacks on US: American defense officials . . . more propaganda. . . ~J

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Originally posted on 2012: What's the 'real' truth?:

Tu-95 Bear strategic bombersTu-95 Bear strategic bombers

American defense officials say two Russian strategic bombers reportedly conducted practice cruise missile strikes on the US during a training mission.

Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday the Tu-95 Bear bombers were tracked last week flying a route across the northern Atlantic near Iceland, Greenland, and Canada’s northeast.

The incident happened at the same time that world leaders participated at the NATO summit in Wales, according to the report.

The unnamed officials familiar with intelligence reports said analysis of the flight indicated the “jets were conducting practice runs to a pre-determined “launch box”—an optimum point for firing nuclear-armed cruise missiles at US targets,” the report said.

A spokesman for the US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command declined…

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Russians Admit Violating Ceasefire

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Smerch MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)

The militia captured 2 “Smerch”MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) and 5 trucks with shells, was published on TV and Radio Company “Star”on their tvzvezda.ru portal.  Seven trucks were captured, that is a lot of capturing for being in a ceasefire.

Militias Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukrainian security forces intercepted the column. According to the Ministry of Defence of the DNI, as trophies militia got two MLRS “Smerch” and five truckloads of ammunition, multiple rocket launchers. The press center of Donetsk’s Republic stressed that the operation was carried out without a single shot.

Earlier, two Ukrainian military, sided with the militia forces near the village of Steppe, received information that the Ukrainian side is going to continue a military operation.

In accordance with the protocol signed in Minsk, the fighting between the warring parties were to cease from 18 pm Sept. 5.

This Russian source claims the Smerch MLRS was captured without firing a shot, however somehow the Russians captured it, which is a violation of the ceasefire – an offensive operation.

That is, unless the Russians brought it with them, which means the Russians may be admitting they have active duty Russian troops in Ukraine.

So please, President Putin, did your soldiers violate the ceasefire or are active duty Russian soldiers and equipment inside Ukraine like you keep denying?


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Russia denies military planes buzzed Canadian warship

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The HMCS Toronto (pictured), a Halifax-Class Canadian Navy frigat, is taking part in a military exercise known as Sea Breeze, involving ships from Ukraine, the United States, Romania and Turkey.

Russian planes apparently flew provacatively close to a Canadian warship, resulting in official protests.

Russia denies these allegations. Deny. Deny. Deny.

“The route of Russian Air Force planes crossed the area where the Canadian Navy’s Toronto was, but without approaching the foreign warship,” Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Igor Konashenkov told ITAR-TASS.

This contradicts later statements.

The aircraft circled the ship, flying about 300 metres above the water and about 500 metres away from the vessel, according to a Defence Department source.

“While the Russian military aircraft that circled the HMCS Toronto did not in any way pose a threat to the Canadian ship, their actions were unnecessarily provocative and risk escalating tensions even further,”Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said in a statement Monday.

Canada sought to send a message to Russia

Canada will continue to work with our NATO Allies to build military interoperability and partnerships in this part of the world. The message that Canada is sending — along with the rest of our NATO allies — is that Russia’s reckless actions must stop,” Nicholson said in his statement.

If Putin listens is another story.

More:

Russian military planes buzz Canadian warship

Canadian warship HMCS Toronto buzzed by Russian fighter jets during NATO military exercise in Black Sea

Canadian ship buzzed by Russian warplanes, says Ottawa

Russian jets buzz Canadian warship in Black Sea

Russia denies that its fighter jets tried to ‘provoke’ a Canadian warship on a NATO Ukraine exercise in the Black Sea

Russian denials:

Ministry of Defence of Canada stated that the planes were flying the Russian Air Force’s ship

РИА Новости http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20140909/1023348069.html#ixzz3Crsen39I

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Russian aircraft not approached with the Canadian ship in the Black Sea

 

 


Filed under: Information operations, Russia, Ukraine Tagged: Russian denials
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