The Strategic Culture Foundation: How Russia Uses Former Western Diplomats, Journalists And Spies To Further Its Disinformation Efforts

Accord­ing to a Glob­al Influ­ence Oper­a­tions Report inves­ti­ga­tion, Rus­sia is using influ­en­tial West­ern­ers to spread pro-Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da and anti-West­ern con­spir­a­cy the­o­ries in the West. For­mer diplo­mats from the US, Cana­da, the UK, and Aus­tralia, jour­nal­ists from the UK and the US, and a for­mer CIA offi­cer are con­tribut­ing to the Strate­gic Cul­ture Foun­da­tion, a for­eign pol­i­cy online jour­nal run by Russia's intel­li­gence ser­vice that dis­sem­i­nates anti-West­ern dis­in­for­ma­tion.

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Wagner Group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, and Russia's Disinformation in Africa - United States Department of State

Russia deploys disinformation across different continents for varied objectives, often working through tested proxies to support Kremlin foreign policy objectives indirectly, which provides a level of deniability. In some parts of Africa - including, most recently, Mali - Kremlin-linked proxies exploit instability to gain influence, particularly through disinformation and the deployment of the Wagner Group [...]

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Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors

United States and its Partners and Allies Continue Campaign Against Putin's Affiliates in Response to the Premeditated and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine Treasury to Share Financial Intelligence About Sanctioned Oligarchs with Department of Justice as Part of Effort to Freeze and Seize Assets WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S.

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Treasury Sanctions Russians Bankrolling Putin and Russia-Backed Influence Actors

United States and its Partners and Allies Continue Campaign Against Putin's Affiliates in Response to the Premeditated and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine Treasury to Share Financial Intelligence About Sanctioned Oligarchs with Department of Justice as Part of Effort to Freeze and Seize Assets WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S.

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Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government's Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election at the direction of the leadership of the Russian Government.

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Reckless campaign of cyber attacks by Russian military intelligence service exposed

UK and allies expose a campaign by the GRU, the Russian military intelligence service, of indiscriminate and reckless cyber attacks.

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U.S. Treasury Designates Facilitators of Russian Sanctions Evasion

Treasury Targets Financial and Operational Support Networks for Attempts to Evade U.S., International Sanctions Treasury Takes New Step of Designating a Virtual Currency Mining Company WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated entities and individuals involved in attempts to evade sanctions imposed by the United States and its international partners on Russia.

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Russian Troll Farm "Cyber Front Z" Targeting Musicians to Spread Ukraine Disinformation

UK media report­ed this month that the Russ­ian troll farm "Cyber Front Z" has tar­get­ed some of the world's biggest elec­tron­ic musi­cians in Europe, includ­ing Daft Punk, David Guet­ta, and Tiës­to, to spread war mis­in­for­ma­tion and sup­port for Putin's inva­sion of Ukraine.

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GEC Special Report: Russia's Pillars of Disinformation and Propaganda - United States Department of State

The report outlines the five pillars of Russia's disinformation and propaganda ecosystem and how these pillars work together to create a media multiplier effect. Russia's disinformation presents a threat, but it does not stand unopposed. The U.S.

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How Russia Targets the U.S. Military

Ben Schreckinger is a reporter for Politico. In the fall of 2013, Veterans Today, a fringe American news site that also offers former service members help finding jobs and paying medical bills, struck up a new partnership.

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Putin's Long War Against American Science (Published 2020)

A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses. The House, the Senate and the nation's intelligence agencies have typically focused on election meddling in their examinations of Mr. Putin's long campaign.

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