{"id":5181,"date":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/kremlin-watch-briefing-october-10-2017\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:21:31","slug":"kremlin-watch-briefing-october-10-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/kremlin-watch-briefing-october-10-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin Watch Briefing: October 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekly monitor of pro-Kremlin disinformation effort in Europe. We follow best European analysts, best counter-measures and trends.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Topics of the Week<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Federica Mogherini now\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that the EU is using sufficient means and resources and cannot take the Russian threat more seriously. As we stated in the\u00a0Open Letter<\/a>\u00a0of European security experts<\/u>, the EEAS East STRATCOM Team must be at least tripled in size and receive a budget in the single millions of EUR, so it can start fulfilling its mandate in real terms.\u00a0Only three experts in the EEAS East STRATCOM Team are tasked with countering pro-Kremlin disinformation, which means that Federica Mogherini still doesn\u2019t take this threat seriously.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if there is no language variant of Sputnik in your country,\u00a0fringe groups and \u201calternative\u201d media can do even more damage than official Russian channels<\/strong>. It should be part of each country\u2019s basic hygiene and self-defence to investigate the possible links, whether financial or ideological, of such entities to the Kremlin. Groups like the Baltic Elves are a good way to go.<\/p>\n

In context of the US investigation regarding the role of social media in the Russian-linked election meddling,\u00a0we should start looking into regulation for public advertising<\/strong>. Google recently removed RT (formerly Russia Today) from Google Preferred, \u201ca package of premium YouTube video inventory that the company sells to advertisers\u201d. But we cannot expect social media companies to do all the work and then place RT advertisement on the walls of every tube station in London and other capitals. Detailed public scrutiny of RT\u2019s activities, as well as those of other Russian media and proxies, must start happening now.<\/p>\n

Good Old Soviet Joke<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is Armenian Radio; our listeners asked us: \u201cWhy did butter disappear from the stores’ shelves?\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019re answering: \u201cIt all has melted under the\u00a0sun of the Soviet Constitution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

US Developments<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Big Tech in the spotlight: Updates on the Russia election probe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congressional investigators are\u00a0drawing the conclusion<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0pathway \u201cto understanding Russia\u2019s election meddling runs through the technology industry\u201d<\/strong>. Facebook, Twitter, and Google \u2013 companies that retain enormous power over users and information \u2013 are facing growing scrutiny about their role in enabling Russia\u2019s disinformation efforts during the election. New reports detail how Russia\u00a0faked \u2018black activism\u2019<\/a>\u00a0 and organized protests to seed discontent in the US, while a\u00a0roundup<\/a>of the ads purchased by Russia-linked groups identifies a focus on topics related to Black Lives Matter, LGBT, Muslims, immigration, and militancy. (This article<\/a>\u00a0explains how simple it is to buy a Facebook ad just like the troll operatives at the St Petersburg troll factory.) It has also been determined that\u00a0Wisconsin and Michigan<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 two crucial swing states that went to Trump \u2013 were the key targets of the Facebook ads.<\/p>\n

Facing the pressure of impending public hearings, the Big Tech platforms are scrambling to conduct internal examinations and demonstrate cooperation with lawmakers.\u00a0Google is undertaking<\/a>\u00a0a broad internal investigation of Russian-linked entities<\/strong>\u00a0using its ads or services to manipulate voters whilst simultaneously speaking with congressional officials. In addition, Google recently\u00a0removed<\/a>\u00a0RT (formerly Russia Today) from Google Preferred, \u201ca package of premium YouTube video inventory that the company sells to advertisers\u201d.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s policy chief has also briefed Congress about Russia\u2019s exploitation of the platform; however, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\u00a0criticized<\/a>\u00a0the presentation as \u201cinadequate on almost every level\u201d, implying that the company failed to understand the extent of the threat to American democracy. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0expressed regret<\/a>\u00a0for having dismissed as \u2018crazy\u2019 the notion that Facebook was used as a channel for fake news to sway the election.<\/p>\n

The fight isn\u2019t over\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

The heads of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have\u00a0jointly declared<\/a>\u00a0that Russia\u2019s disinformation campaign is not over, and warned\u00a0 that further manipulation efforts should be expected in the upcoming November and 2018 congressional elections.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin\u2019s Current Narrative<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Future of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our favourite online journal\u00a0Vzglyad<\/a>\u00a0analysed the current state of play in Europe after the German elections and the Catalonian referendum, concluding that\u00a0Europe is effectively entering a new stage in its history<\/strong>. European integration is going to destroy nation states if the main engine of the process, Germany, does not stop it. Vzglyad predicts the integration process will speed up and the EU will become more centralized.\u00a0\u00a0The only possible alternative is an exchange of elites and, above all, active rejection of the path of violent integration.<\/strong>\u00a0Who promotes these ideas? Of course, the National Front and AfD! So yes, Vzglyad, loudspeaker of the Russian governmental institutions, predicts that these parties will save Europe. Happy times ahead of us.<\/p>\n

Adoption of the \u201cCanadian Magnitsky Act\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia is profoundly disappointed by the adoption of the\u00a0Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act by the Canadian Parliament<\/strong>\u00a0on October 2. This act, inspired by the American Magnitsky Act, will, according to Russia, further undermine Russian-Canadian relations, as it is explicitly designed to introduce sanctions against Russian citizens. Russia has warned Canada that this action will not go unanswered, meaning Moscow will expand the list of Canadian officials banned from entering Russia. But Moscow is trying to be the bigger person here and still hopes that common sense will prevail in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

The Russian narrative has not changed over the past years as Moscow claims that attempts to isolate Russia have failed and that the West is likewise trying to isolate itself from Russia (big question mark about this logic). And here is the favourite line of all \u2013 this policy is actually harming the interests of the West, in particular by obstructing joint efforts to combat terrorism, bilateral cooperation in the Arctic and other areas. However, we are not convinced that Russia is genuinely interested in joint efforts to combat terrorism as Moscow continues to criticize its allies on Syria.<\/p>\n

Clash with BBC and double standards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moscow has been complaining about Simon Reeve\u2019s documentary film about Russia, recently aired on BBC Two, which addresses\u00a0the journey of British journalists to the Russian Far East<\/strong>\u00a0and is timed for the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Moscow had a lot to say about the poor quality and politicization of the topic and dismissed the crew\u2019s statements about their experiences of harassment and detention by the Russian security agencies. Moscow not only downplayed these claims but accused the BBC of broadcasting Russophobic stereotypes instead of reality. Indeed, that story made it into the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s fake news section. This story, meanwhile, goes into our fake news section.<\/p>\n

PUTIN’S CHAMPION AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our\u00a0Expert Jury<\/a>\u00a0consisting of\u00a0Jessikka Aro, Peter Kreko, Nerijus Maliukevi\u010dius, Anton Shekhovtsov and John Schindler,\u00a0<\/strong>regularly votes on the dangerousness of several candidates you can nominate via e-mail or Twitter.<\/p>\n

20th Putin\u2019s Champion Award Recipient Is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steven Seagal<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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K Zhestovskaya<\/a>\/(CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/span><\/p>\n
for effectively acting as Putin\u2019s\u00a0puppet<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The Expert Jury ranked his Putin-supportive job with<\/p>\n
3,7<\/strong><\/h1>\n
(of out 5) mark.<\/p>\n
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Policy & Research News<\/strong><\/h1>\n
The Kremlin\u2019s little helpers in Romania<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Kremlin\u2019s disinformation campaign operates in variety of ways. It is not always sufficient to be aware of official channels like Sputnik or RT. In many countries, the\u00a0propaganda machine consists of many little helpers, like radical and fringe movements or the so-called \u201calternative\u201d media<\/strong>. Due to economic interests, desire for popularity, or pure adoration of Putin and\/or the Russian machine, these proxies can help amplify the Kremlin\u2019s messages without citizens noticing that they are being manipulated.<\/p>\n
In an article for CEPA\u2019s StratCom Program, Corina Rebegea noticed that such a case recently happened in Romania. The result was a petition to declare Hans Klemm, the U.S. ambassador to Bucharest, persona non-grata.<\/p>\n
Germany\u2019s AfD and United Russia in subtle symbiosis<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics published the\u00a0preliminary results<\/a>\u00a0of their monitoring of the attempts to influence German elections. After\u00a0continuous<\/a>\u00a0rapprochement<\/a>\u00a0between Germany\u2019s AfD and Russia\u2019s United Russia over the last year, perhaps their report presents no real surprise. It describes\u00a0mutual assistance between the AfD and pro-Kremlin actors<\/strong>\u00a0via media coverage and Twitter bots. Also worrying is the assertion that even\u00a0CDU politicians sometimes helped amplify and spread disinformation messaging originating in Russian tabloids.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Finnish COE established, Mogherini responds<\/strong><\/p>\n
The\u00a0Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats<\/strong>\u00a0became\u00a0operational<\/a>\u00a0in the beginning of the month. It has been established by the Finnish government. Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are currently\u00a0participating<\/a>\u00a0in its activities.<\/p>\n
The EU High Representative\u00a0Federica Mogherini<\/strong>\u00a0welcomed<\/a>\u00a0the establishment of the Center at the conference in Brussels dedicated to hybrid threats and the EU. She stated that \u201cWe are all affected, in Europe and beyond, and\u00a0we all need to mobilise with the means and the resources at our disposal<\/strong>. This is what the European Union is doing already and\u00a0we couldn\u2019t take this issue more seriously<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, her statements mostly highlight her\u00a0shallow understanding of the problem and avoidance of real action<\/strong>. During her speech, she praised the activities of the Hybrid Fusion Cell, a low-key body within the EU, which is tasked with analysing hybrid threats. In comparison, she mentions the EEAS StratCom Task Force, which is doing the most tough but potentially game-changing job, only once. When it comes to\u00a0the main culprit of the whole problem, the Russian Federation, the number of mentions is \u2013 unsurprisingly \u2013 zero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Kremlin Watch Reading Suggestion<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Russian think tanks and soft power<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Russia uses many different tools to boost its international influence; some of them, like disinformation or the use of cyber warfare, attract a lot of attention, while others are largely overlooked. One of these latter mechanisms is\u00a0trying to influence expert communities and wider public opinion in the West using the help of think tanks<\/strong>\u00a0and similar government-organized non-governmental organizations (GONGOs), which is exactly what\u00a0this<\/a>\u00a0report by the Swedish Defence Research Agency focuses on. The report offers \u00a0a comprehensive overview of this issue and also contains nine case studies of specific think tanks.<\/p>\n
What is remarkable about Russian think tanks is their high dependency on the Russian government. Although it is normal for think tanks in the West to cooperate with or receive funding from their respective governments, the independence of think tanks in Russia is much more limited. All of the think tanks examined in the report also seek in varying degrees to promote the country\u2019s official message. Moreover, it is evident in various Russian security documents that the Russian government wants to use think tanks and GONGOs to achieve its foreign policy goals.<\/p>\n
Overall, the extent to which the think tanks and GONGOs tend to promote the country\u2019s official agenda varies, with the ones that have the widest interface with reputable Western researchers being less propagandistic. The ones that convey the Russian official message more obviously often create networks with less mainstream (and sometimes more extremist) organizations in the West. To find out about specific think tanks and more, have a look at the report.<\/p>\n
Subscribe to Kremlin Watch Briefing!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
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