Lavrov to leave office of Foreign Minister of Russia, – mass media
There are all kinds of conflicting reports if Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, is resigning. Incidentally, it’s also his birthday. Western reports say there are “rumors” that he is...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (17)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s comparison of Putin’s Russia to Hitler’s Nazi Germany produced a storm of outrage and insults...
View ArticleThe importance of Measures of Effectiveness in disinformation campaigns
Anonymous expert: The importance of measures of effectiveness in disinformation campaigns. Czech police concluded that rumors invented and spread by Oldřich Lukáš via email and on his blog do not...
View ArticleRussian spy: EU recalls Russia ambassador after nerve agent attack
Please note Russia’s response. In response, Russia’s foreign ministry said: “We regret that the EU chose to follow another anti-Russian campaign launched by London and its allies from across the ocean,...
View ArticleRussian Duma’s Vladimir Zhirinovsky Accused of Homosexual Advances
Current Time TV reporter Renat Davletgildeyev is an RFE/RL journalist. His story is also being carried by RFE/RL here: RFE/RL Journalist Says Zhirinovsky Groped, Accosted Him During 2006 Interview....
View ArticleA Russian Woman’s Fight For A Place At The Helm
March 22, 2018 14:09 GMT Current Time TV In Russia, women are forbidden by law from holding 456 different professions, such as miner, firefighter, or captain of a ship. Svetlana Medvedeva received her...
View ArticleStrategy / History / Capability Ad Hoc Update (14)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Interesting reports spanning multiple areas, including BMD, hypersonics, AI, the JSTARS recap folly (AF are right, Congress...
View ArticleIW/IO/Cyber / Cambridge Analytica Update
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> It appears the GRU got sprung on the DNC hacks. MIT fake news study. A deluge of reports on Facebook and Cambridge...
View ArticleRussia / Strategy Ad Hoc Media Update (23)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Paul Goble’s coverage of Margarita Simonyan is a harsh wakeup call. Yes, she is harcore. Yes, her view is extremist and most likely not...
View ArticleUkraine Ad Hoc Media Update (16)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russians conduct major offensive air exercise near Ukrainian borders forcing PSU into full alert status; NATO’s Gen Pavel...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (18) – Addendum
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Russia is in serious trouble. </end editorial> Media reporting that France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia,...
View ArticleRussia ‘arming the Afghan Taliban’, says US
I didn’t have to look far to find a Russian denial. Russia denies supplying the Taliban As soon as Russia denies doing something, I feel it has to be true. They did that all throughout the Cold War...
View ArticleRussia Hacked U.S. Power Grid — So What Will The Trump Administration Do...
March 23, 20185:00 AM ET BRIAN NAYLOR When President Trump phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his re-election Wednesday, Trump made no mention of one of the latest irritants...
View ArticleCongress Snuck New Russia Sanctions Into Spending Bill
Here is what really caught my eye: The spending bill bars the use of federal funds for “enter[ing] into new contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation,” and...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (19)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Two curious reports in the Times, one dealing with Russian Youtube postings about Col Skripal put up before the attack, and...
View Article#PutinAtWar: Trolls on Twitter
An outstanding article which shows how Russian trolls continue to amplify and promote issues favorable to Russia or detrimental to the US, the West, or Democracy. I can’t count how often during just...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (20)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Notice Russia is accusing Britain of “banditry”, developing chemical weapons, and of making “unfounded accusations”. Multiple countries, including...
View ArticleOpen call by Western security experts: Allies should join the UK and expel...
“The straw that broke the camel’s back”. They are of course not going far enough, the influence networks and organised crime networks need to be rooted out as well. Russia has such a history of...
View ArticleRussia Loves Instagram, Russia Hates Instagram
Russia has a love-hate relationship with technology, culture, and history. On the one hand, Russia desperately wants to be seen as cultured, well read, and saturated with good literature. Russia’s Love...
View Article#MeToo in Russia
The case of Leonid Slutsky, a member of the State Duma of Russia, accused by three female journalists of sexual harassment, is bringing worldwide attention. The New Yorker has an excellent article...
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