activemeasures

Russian intelligence working to destabilize southern Ukraine – expert

An ad campaign has been launched across social networks, encouraging residents of southern Ukraine, especially the area of Bessarabia, to acquire Russian, Romanian, and Moldovan citizenship.

15:20, 10.06.2020

Russia pursues with compromising MH17 probe through its agents of influence – media

The Kremlin employs its "puppets, toward whitewashing Russia in the MH17 case", the report reads.

11:40, 26.05.2020

Russia behind online trolls in EU, Africa, and Latin America – report

Studies show that the same accounts in social networks are involved in the developments both in Chile and Barcelona.

21:45, 04.12.2019

Spain opens investigation into Russian spies working to destabilize Catalonia – media

The court is probing whether an elite military group known as Unit 29155 carried out actions aimed at destabilizing the region during the separatist push.

20:30, 21.11.2019

Russians spread fake plot to assassinate Boris Johnson on social media

The operation was a classic influence campaign, known as "active measures", designed to provoke tension in the west, says a new study.

14:00, 24.06.2019

German far-right MP "could be absolutely controlled by Russia": BBC

The documents obtained by investigative journalists provide an insight into so-called "active measures" – Russian attempts to influence Western politics.

16:20, 05.04.2019

OSINT group elaborates on Russia's "active measures" in Ukraine

Сertain players appear in the media arena, allegedly acting as American agents of influence, to impose on the general public the following idea: “It is on the instructions from Washington that they came here to destabilize the situation and alter the political order, because U.S. leaders are tired of the Ukrainian government."

17:00, 17.11.2018

Russian intel carries on brazen special operations against Ukraine from EU soil – expert

According to Tymchuk, Ukraine should actively monitor the European information space and immediately respond to any Russian provocations.

13:40, 31.10.2018

U.S. group posing as Russian trolls easily buys political ads on Google - media

Despite assurances from Google last month that it has installed “robust systems” to “identify influence operations launched by foreign governments,” the company approved the CFA ads in less than 48 hours.

10:40, 06.09.2018

The Atlantic: Russia is co-opting angry young men

Fight clubs, neo-Nazi soccer hooligans, and motorcycle gangs serve as conduits for the Kremlin's influence operations in Western countries.

16:20, 04.09.2018

Facebook deletes more than 600 accounts linked to new influence campaigns led by Iran and Russia

Twitter deleted accounts after being tipped off as well.

15:40, 22.08.2018

Facebook uncovers active influence operation

The accounts which Facebook suspended appear to have been primed to take that approach, and, more explosively, to trigger standoffs between genuine Americans, bringing the risk of real-life violence from false stories.

22:40, 31.07.2018

Russia plants agent in Poland under "Russophobe" cover to tar Ukraine-Poland ties

OSINT experts claim the detention and further deportation of a Polish "journalist" was scripted as part of yet-another "active measures" plan, to provide a legitimate cover for the Russian intelligence asset.

11:30, 04.05.2018

With influence activities exposed, Kremlin acts even more boldly – Estonian intel chief

"Russia is playing a long game, hoping that it will lead to the rise of pro-Russian governments in Europe," Marran writes.

11:55, 03.05.2018

Putin's active measures can help tip balance back in Brexit referendum – media

Word of Russian ‘black cash’ financing leave campaigns is fast becoming a torrent. As the inquiries pile up, hard evidence could delegitimise the EU referendum in Britain, Mark Galeotti wrote for The Guardian.

13:00, 03.11.2017