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The study of the effect of blocking sites in Ukraine after a month
Before somebody shrieks about the poor translation, this is a translation of Russian from Google Mail, Gmail. The translation is clunky, at best. I received the mailing from Bellingcat who wrote this...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 01 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. I must also draw attention to the excellent article by Sue Curry Jansen. I believe it is going to kick off a firestorm of discussions in our...
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Advanced Guide on Verifying Video Content
http://www.stopfake.org/en/advanced-guide-on-verifying-video-content/ July 01, 2017 – 14:29 By Aric Toler, Bellingcat One of the most common issues for researchers and journalists is verifying...
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Russians Torture Syrian Prisoner With Sledge Hammer 2017
It took me less than two seconds to find this on YouTube after someone shared it in the article below. Allegedly the language is authentic, the uniforms are authentic, and I can verify the behavior is...
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Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 1 Jul 07: AWG
WEEK 33: Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) lends a helping hand to the information fight in Baghdad. Ay – Dubya – Gee “When the odds are the longest, when the enemy is toughest, when we simply must win...
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How to Obfuscate
How to Obfuscate http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/how-to-obfuscate What misinformation on Twitter and radar have in common. BY FINN BRUNTON & HELEN NISSENBAUMJUNE 29, 2017 During World War II,...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 2 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> The most curious report today is Sergei Lavrov admitting publicly that Russia invaded Donbass, arguing that “If we...
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Expert: Crimea on the verge of withering, Kremlin prepares ultimatum for Ukraine
Beside the obvious point being made by the article, about the water problems in Crimea, note the information flow. Within the Information Warfare program of Russia, there were nine proposed...
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Lavrov admits Russian involvement in instigating the war in eastern Ukraine
The statement by Sergei Lavrov to which the Kyiv Post article refers can be found at “Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at the Primakov Readings International...
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‘PUTIN WAS MEDIOCRE’ Feared Russian president Vladimir Putin was not an...
Consider the source. The Sun is more tabloid than news, but the article is amusing. </end editorial> Retired general Nikolai Leonov says Putin was sent to an unimportant posting in East Germany...
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Russian (Sputnik) radio takes over local DC station
Just two questions. Did they register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)? If not, shut ’em down. We let them in here. Do we get to set up a corresponding FM station in Moscow now?...
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NATO could be forced to respond to the Petya attack, says new report
If NATO’s Article 5 is triggered as a result of the recent cyberattack, it would be the first since 9/11, which was the only time Article 5 has been invoked. As I have repeatedly stated, Russia is the...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 3 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> By far the most interesting report overnight by RFE/RL is that of Nikolay Platonovich Patrushev, Secretary of the Security...
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How close is Russian cyber firm Kaspersky to Russia’s spies?
BY DAVID GOLDSTEIN AND GREG GORDON McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies have turned up the heat in recent days on Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity giant long...
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Despite ICC Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity Charges,...
One of Aesop’s Fable’s morals is “You Are Known by the Company You Keep“. Russian President Putin invited Sudan’s President Bashir to the Kremlin. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir is still wanted by...
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Explaining Australia’s sharp turn to information warfare
BY Greg Austin 4 July 2017 09:29 AEDT Australia’s place in the Asian military scene took a sharp turn last week when the Turnbull Government announced the creation of the country’s modified version of...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 4 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> POTUS to meet with Putin at G20 in two days, while promoting the export of US LNG to European markets, a stake through the...
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China’s cracking down on VPNs to make Great Firewall stronger
It will soon be tougher to gain access to Twitter and Facebook inside the country for some users. by Aloysius Low July 4, 2017 12:41 AM PDT China’s clamping down on users who rely on virtual private...
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Russia Threatens Retaliation If Pentagon Bans Kaspersky Software
Kaspersky is offering the US its source code. Russian Communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov says Russia may retaliate. Methinks the lady dost protest too much. What is Russia hiding? Another...
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Fake news: you ain’t seen nothing yet
Generating convincing audio and video of fake events Jul 1st 2017 EARLIER this year Françoise Hardy, a French musician, appeared in a YouTube video (see link). She is asked, by a presenter off-screen,...
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