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Russia’s troll factory also paid for 100 activists in the US
This is one of those times where it is really useful to check the original Russian article. “Troll Factory” spent about $ 2.3 million to work in the US RBC.ru Right away we have three very relevant new...
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Russia Snapping Up Eastern European Media
Apparently the Russian Information Warfare machine is attempting to not influence the media in Eastern Europe, but to outright purchase it, control it, and then run it. Is it to influence CIS...
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Expelled Russian contributed to information warfare against Poland: expert
More coal for the fire exposing Russian global efforts of Information Warfare. The effort by Russia to destabilize, sow chaos and dissent, and undermine Western democracy seems to grow by the minute....
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Russia / Strategy Media Update (338) – 17 October 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Well argued critique of Western strategy by Lucas @ CEPA – nobody is planning with the intent of actively driving the...
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Watch out: Russia’s tactics will evolve
Excellent reading, very good article. Until 9/11/2001, we just did not consider the use of airplanes as an instrument of terrorism. Russia has always found ingenious ways to get things done. As...
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I Watched Over 100 Covert Russian Propaganda Videos On YouTube — Here’s What...
The first examination of the actual videos produced by the Russian troll farm in St. Petersburg, Russia, aka Glavset. Many examples are included in the article which is way too long and too detailed...
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A Great Russian Low-Level Russian Information Weapon Example
Here is a great example of Russian Information Warfare at work. There is nothing too blatant about this. It’s fairly subtle, not screaming, and is presented in a cool, calm, and professional manner....
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Russia Working To Restrict 5 Western Media Outlets
In response to the US requiring the company and staff supporting RT and Sputnik News to register as foreign agents, Russia is restricting RFE/RL, VOA, and CNN. This was just published by RIA Novosti, a...
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How Russia Is Playing Catalonia To Get A Reprieve On Crimea
Excellent article by Paul Roderick Gregory, about the games Russia is playing, seeking forgiveness for illegally annexing Crimea by using Catalonia as an example. The problem is Russia is and was...
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Information Warfare, Psyop, And The News
I just read a rather droll article, describing how a network from the other side of the political aisle chooses to attack the target on their side. It struck me that the plain and simple techniques...
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This Week’s Highlights From OCCRP – 18 October 2017
Donate & Support The Fight Against Corruption OCCRP on iPhone | OCCRP on Android OCCRP Condemns the Murder of Maltese Reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting...
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MISO: How 4 Green Berets Took Down Joseph Kony’s Army With Tailored Messages
BY PATRICK TUCKER OCTOBER 17, 2017 For six years, a U.S. Special Forces team waged psychological warfare against a murderous warlord. Here’s how they won. In 2011, the Obama administration had a big...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update (339) – 18 October 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Summary of SECDEF address at AUSA. Good Åslund essay on Russian funds tied up in the West – how much of these assets might...
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Russian Desperation Grows, Spurious Programs Tied Into Threats
Because of poor editing, in Ole Artyukov’s story, USA knows: If Russia responds to sanctions, she may fall into a toilet, it is unclear who “she” is. Obviously it is supposed to be the US, but Russia...
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Russian Human Rights Weekly Report October 18, 2017
Human Rights Reports October 18, 2017 Hello everyone! Here in Open Russia’s Human Rights team we’ve had a very busy week inside and outside of the courtroom. What we do is possible only thanks to...
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New bill on election meddling aims to increase ad transparency from social media
BY ALI BRELAND – 10/18/17 02:53 PM EDT Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Mark Warner (Va.) will unveil legislation on Thursday aimed at preventing foreign election interference by increasing...
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The Active Measures Orchestra: An Examination of Russian Influence Operations...
October 10, 2017 By David Salvo Resident Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy “The approaches used by Moscow include control of the press in foreign countries; outright and partial forgery of...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update (340) – 19 October 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Media finally discover the new USN SLCM accurate fuses. Sanctions biting hard. Poland pushes to kill Nordstream 2 legally....
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Russia / Strategy Media Updates
From my anonymous expert source: Due to a ridiculously high workload pileup at work, resulting from multiple factors all completely out of my control, and critical deadlines to chase to meet, time...
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New MH17 Photograph Geolocated to Donetsk
October 20, 2017 By Bellingcat Investigation Team On October 19, 2017, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the Dutch-led criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17)...
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