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Did ‘Sputnik’ really tweet that? Test your ability to distingish parody and...
Earlier this month, the international multimedia news service “Sputnik” celebrated the first anniversary of its launch. Entirely owned and operated by the Russian government, Sputnik has been described...
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Bikini Trolls
The Keynote address at the StratCom Center of Excellence in Riga, Latvia, exposed an insidious tool possibly used by the Russians: Bikini Trolls. #RigaStratCom keynote explains "bikini trolls" target...
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How to Beat ISIS: It’s Counter Intuitive
NOVEMBER 25, 2015 Developed nations, and most especially The United States, have long been frustrated at their poor ability to do what diplomats and politicos carefully call winning hearts and minds....
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Israel-Russia communication: Straying Russian plane avoid being shot down
Russian Sukhoi Su-24 The good news is that Russia is capable of deconflicting an intrusion into another country’s airspace, inadvertent or not. The bad news is this reflects negatively on Russia when...
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Russian Private Military Companies As Licensed Tool of Terror
Russian Private Military Companies Languages: Русский Español Українська Български Svenska InformNapalm international volunteer community presents an interesting review article written by Vyacheslav...
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Were Russian Mercenaries Used In Donbass?
Do these gents even remotely resemble the clowns in Donbass? With the publication of “Russian Private Military Companies As Licensed Tool of Terror“, a close friend sent me a link accompanied by these...
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Tom Cotton on energizing Public Diplomacy
The website of Foreign Affairs ran an article by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), “Proxy Wars: Russia’s Intervention in Syria and What Washington Should Do,” November 24, 2015. His many recommendations...
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Pentagon Ordered to Counter Islamic State Propaganda
Editor’s note: I thought the following video was an ad for a game, I’m not quite sure why it’s there, but the video is real.A word of caution: when they say propaganda, they mean MISO. Pentagon Ordered...
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Russian soldiers must not shed their blood for Putin, Assad and oil, Basanets...
By Paul Goble Pavel Basanets, a retired intelligence officer who attracted attention in 2007 when he accused Vladimir Putin of violating his oath, is calling on Russian officers to disobey criminal...
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History versus Propaganda: Relating to the Past in Contemporary Russia
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE History versus Propaganda: Relating to the Past in Contemporary Russia 9 – 10 December 2015 Velkoprevorsky Palace, Velkoprevorske namesti 4, 110 00 Prague 1 Did the period of...
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Disinformation Review: Week Five
Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for all your reports. Every one of them provides a better illustration of disinformation – the more we get, the better the knowledge for all of us. This week, the...
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Russia’s top 200 lies – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
by Julia Davis Since the start of the Ukrainian revolution, subversive Russian media has been transformed into an outright propaganda machine. Since that time, the Kremlin’s factory of lies extended...
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Russian Disinformation Archives
After only five weeks, East StratCom (EU EEAS-Ukr) has archives available. One would think that Russia is sufficiently embarrassed at being caught in their lies, deceit, disinformation and...
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Mapping of StratCom practices in NATO countries
Download publication file (2.64 MB) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SCOPE The findings consist of analysis of the questionnaire results filled in by 11 NATO nations and structured interviews with 6 NATO nations...
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Cyber War In Perspective: Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
A collection of good articles by many friends and colleagues at the CCDCOE in Tallinn, Estonia. Full Book .pdf Introduction: Cyber War In Perspective: Russian Aggression Against Ukraine In the foreword...
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Russia’s (Not So) Splendid Isolation
Alone and unloved By Brian Whitmore December 01, 2015 Activists in Moscow burn Turkish flags and pelt the embassy with eggs and rocks. In Crimea, they burn Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in...
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The VOA Charter is a Good Mission Statement. So Why Has It So Often Been...
By David S. Jackson Nov 2, 2015 The Voice of America’s Charter lies at the heart of VOA’s mission. Using language that’s as simple as it is ambitious, the Charter was designed to govern everything...
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Russia Spreads Propaganda in Crimea During Blackout
A mobile gas turbine power plant works to provide electricity in Stroganovka village outside Simferopol, Crimea / AP Moscow seeks to discredit west in news reports as it abuses the rights of...
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Roskomnadzor Blocked URL List
Emblem of Roskomnadzor Where does one get a list of the blocked URLS from Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Федеральная...
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Four Types of Russian Propaganda
I would add one there is one more type of propaganda, but I’d have to deconflict with Andrew Wilson, the author, to verify his intent of “Propaganda as Confusion”. “Propaganda as Suppression”, I...
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