Why Russia Tried To Assassinate Skripal and Daughter
Russia is showing its true colors. The UK traded for Colonel Skripal’s release, the UK wants him safe and alive, to thank him for taking the risk of being a double agent. Russia wanted him dead, not...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (34)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russian propaganda campaign devolves down to toxic trolling and bizarre stunts, while in Syria reports emerge of a...
View ArticleAt UN, indignant Russia protests culpability in Skripal poisoning, calls...
The author, Paula Chertok, @PaulaChertok, is my heroine. Paula Chertok is a linguist, lawyer, teacher, journalist, and writer. She was born in Soviet Russia to Holocaust survivors from Ukraine,...
View ArticleRussia Never Prosecutes Mercenaries who Fight for Moscow-Backed Causes, Only...
Sunday, April 8, 2018 Paul Goble Staunton, April 8 – Engaging in mercenary activity is illegal under Russian law, and Moscow routinely claims that any Russian who fights as a mercenary is...
View ArticleA Baker’s Double Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 119
More than any other writer, Paul Goble has shone the light of truth onto Russia and ably written about Russia’s foibles, corruption, and ironies. I actually suggested to the US Department of State,...
View ArticleRussia has restarted the Cold War – this time without an ideology to defend
JANET DALEY 7 April 2018 The first Cold War was about ideology. It was, at least ostensibly, an argument – conducted on a global scale – about how people should live. What is the new one about? Because...
View ArticleCorbyn Is Russia’s ‘Useful Idiot’ in Spy Case, Johnson Says
Unless you are a Russia-watcher for some time, you may not understand the term “useful idiot”. I once submitted a paper for publication and they tried to excise the term because they were not familiar...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK (35)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russian propaganda campaign continues unabated, devolving into insults and absurdities. The Syrian CW attack has diverted...
View ArticleHow Every Campaign Will Have a Troll Farm of Its Own
I literally stumbled across my first political trolling operation in 2009. I was touring a political ‘think tank’ and we walked through a room with rows of computers with people sitting in front. I...
View ArticleRussia Faces ‘100 Years Of Solitude’ (Or More), Putin Aide Says
Surkov is an advisor and does not speak for Putin or the Russian government. This article, however, probably reflects his personal state of mind. It is unknown at this time what President Putin...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK / Syrian CW...
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> An interesting 24 hours in Russia’s self-inflicted mess. Other than speculation about impending military action against...
View ArticleWhy Expelling Russian Diplomats Isn’t Enough
5 things we must do now to stop Putin, according to Jakub Janda: Every Western parliament should start an investigative committee to map hostile foreign influence activities within its borders Nord...
View ArticleRussia vetoes U.S. resolution on Syria chemical attack probes
Some reports are predicting missiles launched against Syria within 72 hours. Russian Ambassador Nebenzia has already called its veto will be used to justify the use of force against Syria. The carrier...
View ArticleAnother Former Russian Intelligence Officer Poisoned in the UK / Syrian CW...
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Trump’s tweets are simultaneously offering a carrot and a stick. His target audience is one man. The media does not matter. Beyond that, it’s all...
View ArticleMilitary Set for Cyber Attacks on Foreign Infrastructure
The very public disclosures of US cyber operations is as much a warning to China and Russia as anything else. Everything LTG Nakasone brought up was common sense, such as performing reconnaissance on...
View ArticleTED 2018: Ukrainian journalist fights fake news
By Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter, Vancouver 11 April 2018 A powerful talk about the need to do more to counter fake news has opened the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) 2018 conference in...
View ArticleRussia Pumps Up The Propaganda
The Russian Foreign Ministry pushed out a link to a Cont.ws article today. Cont.ws is a reliable free for all blog that will publish anything without regard for truthfulness, accuracy, fairness,...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth is Russia’s new biggest target in its information war with...
Russia is sinking to entirely new lows, without scruples, without conscience, and without honor. Worse, yet, is Russia is behaving badly without consequence. </end editorial> Russia is locked in...
View ArticleThe Global Dimension of China’s Influence Operations
realcleardefense.com · by Bates Gill & Benjamin Schreer April 11, 2018 The current debate in Australia about China’s influence operations is critically important to protect our interests and way of...
View ArticleGCHQ boss calls out Russia for ‘industrial scale disinformation’
Kremlin ‘blurring boundaries between criminal and state activity’ – director By John Leyden12 Apr 2018 at 15:46 GCHQ boss Jeremy Fleming has hailed the success of a cyber-offensive against ISIS last...
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