Russia maintains network for #hybrid #warfare in #Europe

#Russia has created a network of agents to conduct its #HybridWar against Europe. The network brings together government agencies and organized #crime and #Russian-speaking men with #criminal records are being recruited to carry out acts of #sabotage, according to a study.

"The study situates #Moscow's #tactics against the backdrop of its full-scale war on #Ukraine, showing that hybrid operations are not a side theatre but a central pillar of #Russian #strategy," the researchers explain in their introduction.

They compared these tactics to the approach of the so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS) #terror group that recruited "former criminals who went on to carry out violent attacks in the Levant and Europe." The researcher explained that "today, a new #crime-terror nexus has emerged in Europe — this time orchestrated by a state actor – Russia."

https://www.dw.com/en/russian-network-for-conducting-hybrid-warfare-in-europe/a-74665599

#RussianAggression #war

Russia maintains network for hybrid warfare in Europe

During its war against Ukraine, Russia has built up a network of agents to carry out acts of sabotage in European countries. A study provides light on the Kremlin's tactics and offers recommendations to the EU.

^{Viktoria Vlasenko (Deutsche Welle)}

AdNow exposed: How Romania became a test lab for Russian interference in the West

#russian #propaganda #romania #election #influence

https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2024/12/03/adnow-exposed-how-romania-became-a-test-lab-for-russian-interference-in-the-west,110347109-evl

A *very* interesting in-depth article about how the #russian #propaganda infiltrates machine analysed (#search) and learned (#AI) content.

What I'm missing is the AI used to identify these and filter from learn material/negatively score them in LLM.

https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global

A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda

An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time

^{NewsGuard (NewsGuard's Reality Check)}

Today, someone on #Diaspora called me a troll. It was the second time that happened! And who were the kind people calling me #troll? Well, two kind supporters of #Russian mother land! Two #communists!

I have to thank the first Russian #propagandist because, after having had the first dialogue, I ended up reading some more information about #communism, which strengthened my anti- communism position and led me to discover #anarchism!

Today, this fellow, called me troll because I didn't agree with him and his propaganda discourse! He said that I had to prove everything I said. I don't have the time to write a treaty every time I say something. Nor do I want to bother myself with blindfolded communists!

He blocked me! Wow! Great argument!

It's interesting that all the sources they cite are good, but any that I mention isn't!

Well, I'll just say this here: it's an honour for me to be called a troll by #communists, #capitalists, #fascists, #racists, etc! They are all the same!

I'm just an #anarchist and I have dedicated my life to contribute for a better world, not for killing people!

It is too hot.

The temperature limit of Canadian firefighter hydroplanes is 38°C, and it was 45°C in #Greece where the #fire was nearing Athens. Only the #Russian BE-200 (with a 43°C limit) was able to work, and the crew risked safety flying little above the limit. Done more than 35 flights between 14:30 and 21:00, dropped more than 400 metric tonnes of water that day (a few days ago).

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/548103303/be-200-aircraft-dropped-2500-tons-of-water-on-the-hotspots-making-36-sorties-in-greece