Posted on 06/06/2022 4:53:29 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
This research was conducted in the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute.:
As targets of information aggression, the United States and its European allies must protect themselves against the effects of psychological manipulation and influence. The authors describe apparent efforts by Russia and its agents to use information to shape Russia's operating environment, and they identify possible defensive approaches for United States European Command and its partners.
Research Questions:
1- What content is produced and disseminated by Russia and its agents?
2- How do Russia and its agents manipulate information?
3- What is the persuasive impact of Russia's malign or subversive information efforts?
4- What are the potential avenues for defending against Russia's malign or subversive information efforts?
KEY FINDINGS
I. Russia's information activities appear to be deployed in service of diverse political objectives
- Although Russia appears to have abandoned Soviet-era efforts to spread an ideology, it is still interested in popularizing its worldview and raising its esteem in the eyes of international audiences.
II. Russia and its agents may manipulate or completely falsify information as part of efforts to disseminate messages that align with Russian interests
- The information manipulation techniques that Russia and its agents appear to use range from completely manufacturing content to the misuse or misapplication of factual information.
III. The characteristics of Russian information efforts have the potential to influence audiences
- The targeted content that appears to be disseminated by Russia and its agents can affect selected audiences. Diverse audiences might have difficulty deliberately processing the deluge of fabricated and misleading information to which they are exposed, thereby increasing the potential that they will be affected by these efforts.
IV. Possible defense efforts can be conceptualized as addressing three parts of Russian malign or subversive information efforts: production, distribution, and consumption of content
- Current defensive practices that could be used to address Russia's malign or subversive information efforts would seek to reduce the volume of new false and misleading content, prevent the spread of existing false or misleading content, and promote consumer awareness of the information space.
** This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research report series. RAND reports present research findings and objective analysis that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND reports undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity.
My immediate family had the misfortune of living under both (actual, real) Nazi and Soviet occupation. The Nazis were more civilized, and humane.
But that’s old history. Today, the russian definition of ‘nazi’ is anyone who is opposed to russian imperialistic expansionism, including Ukrainians like the Azov Battalion. It’s like being called a ‘fascist’ by Antifa, or MSNBC - it means nothing.
But keep being useful, idiot.
Many religions bless their nation’s soldiers.
Very few bless their nation’s weapons of mass destruction.
Compared to what the Biden Crime Family,
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Exactly. There is a reason the Ukies were never admitted to the EU or NATO since their “ statehood “ in 91. It is well known in the financial centers that the Ukrainian government sponsors their banking industry, the MOST corrupted in the world, money laundering, trafficking, etc….ten percent Joe and his son ( and many politicians) did “ business “ there exactly for that reason.
The common knowledge in the EU is when shaking hands with a Ukrainian, be sure to check how many fingers he stole.
…and now even Fox reports the international black market is selling US Javelins for $30K. The Ukie mafia has acquired Javelins and possibly Stingers from the Ukie military, they are a corrupted bunch, always have been , always will be….and government sponsored to boot.
The Ukie war cheerleaders are disgusting….for many reasons.
Lots of FSB on display right here.
You’d think they teach them better English.
No more than speaking the truth about the Russian Nazi military.
Their emblem is
The Russian media pours on propaganda accusing Ukraine of “fascism”. But, I learned from another Freeper many nationalist (fascist) organizations exist in Russia and Ukraine?
In the Russian Federation Nazi. (fascism) organizations are divided into moderate, radical and forbidden, and there are 53 of them!
MODERATE - 23 organizations:
1. Russian National Union - ROS
2. National Democratic Party - NDP
3. The New Force
4. EO Russians
5. Great Russia - VR
6. National Democratic Alliance - NDA
7. National Cathedral - National Assembly
8. Russian Imperial Movement - RID
9. NSR (National Union of Russia)
10. Russian People’s Cathedral - SRN
11. Russian public movement - ROD
12. National Russian Liberation Movement - NROD
13. Party for the Protection of the Russian Constitution “Rus” - PZRK “Rus”
14. National Patriots of Russia - NPR
15. National-Democratic Movement “Russian Civil Union” - NDD RGS
16. The Nation of Freedom - NS
17. Russian National Patriotic Movement
18. Resistance
19. National Socialist Initiative - NCI
20. Congress of Russian Communities
21. Restructuring
22. OD “DAWN” (Public Movement “DAWN”)
23. National Organization of Russian Muslims
RADICAL - 22 organizations
1. People’s militia named after Minin and Pozharsky - NOMP
2. Other Russia
3. Russian Liberation Front “Memory” - Russian Federation “Memory”.
4. OOPD “Russian National Unity” - “Barkashov Guard”
5. VOPD “Russian National Unity” - VOPD RNE
6. Alexander Barkashov Movement
7. National-State Party of Russia - NDPR
8. People’s National Party - NNP
9. True Russian national unity - IRNE
10. Baltic Avant-garde of Russian Resistance - BARS
11. Russian United National Alliance (RONA)
12. The Guard of Christ
13. National Union - NS
14. Union of Orthodox Khorugvenos - SPH
15. The Union of the Russian People — FRN
16. Northern Brotherhood - SB
17. The Black Hundred
18. Parabellum Movement
19. National Socialist Party of Russia - NSPR
20. Freedom Party - PS
21. Russian Image
22. National trade union offensive line - NSN
BANNED - 8 organizations
1. Movement Against Illegal Immigration — DPNI
2. National Socialist Society - NSO
3. National Bolshevik Party - NBP
4. Slavic Union - SS
5. National Revolutionary Action Front (FPRD)
6. Russian National Union - RONS
7. Defense League of Moscow
8. Format 18
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In Ukraine, only 4 nationalist organizations were found, and considered fascists only by Kiselev [a Russian television presenter, news executive and propagandist aka “Putin’s mouthpiece”]:
1. IN THE “Liberty”
2. The Congress of Ukrainian nationalists.
3. UNSO
4. Ukrainian National Assembly, on the basis of which the “Right Sector” has recently been created within the residents of Southeast Ukraine and the whole of Russia.
AND THAT IS ALL!
What more proof do WE need OR other arguments to prove that modern Russia is Putin’s Reich?!
Didn’t say anyone was fond of Nazis, only that the Soviet ‘liberators’ put them in a relatively better light. Which is quite an achievement, in a horrible sort of way...
Ooh, ooh, are these the same Russians that hired DJTrump?
But, on the other hand we have the Ukrainians who paid children of Biden, Kerry, etc for ........ nothing.
Yeah, it is perfectly clear who should be believed.
If this was Twitter your account would be locked for disinformation.
Orthodox Christian Russia that is killing and raping Orthodox Christian Ukrainians??!?
I found out the reason the Russian tanks had a “Z” on them!
It used to be a swastika, but half of it fell off due to crappy Russian maintenance.
Russian neo-nazis in CIVILIAN clothes and posing for photos. Even the pseudo-swatstika they are flying is different from the historical Nazi one.
Maybe this will help:
https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t1075678-11/
The truth is not in you.
Check our references about Nazi’s in the Russian military. Or better yet, talk to the people in Russian. It will enlighten and release you from programming by Putin.
Iit is not a secret, but the country of Ukraine is generally believed to by far, have more practicing Believers than any other country in Europe with the exception of maybe one other.
In comparison, when Russian’s celebrate Orthodox Easter, in the recent past about 2-3% of the population will attend a service, which is only slightly less than many countries in Western Europe.
In Ukraine the percentage is between 22% and 25%. In this sense, Ukraine isn’t just one of the most Jewish friendly countries in all of Europe, it is also roughly the “Bible Belt” of the continent of Europe. Only Norway comes this close.
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