In addition to fake news and disinformation, Russian officials have been using sarcasm in times of conflict to deflect attention from actions seen as threatening by democratic countries, international media outlets say. Russia used such a tool when it annexed Crimea in 2014, Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale [ … ]
“We call on Russia [...] to stop its disinformation campaign and cyberattacks,” said European Union Ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Olof Skoog, during a speech at the U.N. Extraordinary Assembly on February 28, 2022. As Russian tanks breached the Ukrainian border in the early hours of February 24, hundreds [ … ]
The Venezuelan regime’s support for the Vladimir Putin government amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a destabilizing factor for Latin America. “Russia has the full support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said, upon receiving Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov at the Miraflores Palace on February [ … ]
Following the Kremlin’s order to launch a military operation against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “great machinery of interference” went into overdrive to sway global public opinion against Ukraine, the United States, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Spanish newspaper ABC reported on February 25. “The complex web [ … ]
March 2, 2022 was a historic day. At an emergency session, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning Russian aggression, with 141 countries voting in favor, 34 abstaining, and only five voting against, The New York Times reported. The no votes came from Belarus (a long-time close [ … ]
Those who think that Russian President Vladimir Putin only has eyes for Ukraine are fooling themselves. Thousands of miles away from the Russian invasion of its neighbors, the Kremlin is being a “good distant friend” to Latin America, a region of enormous importance, marked by ongoing tensions between Russia and [ … ]
Two Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) aircraft — a KC-390 Millennium and a VC-99B Legacy — arrived today in Brasilia with 68 passengers who fled Ukraine. The Brazilian government’s Operation Repatriation ensured the safety of Brazilians and foreigners who were in that country and promoted humanitarian cooperation by transporting [ … ]
Joseph M. Humire, an expert on transregional threats in the Americas and the executive director of national security think tank Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), describes the prolonged presence of Iran in Venezuela as a “pattern of penetration.” This presence, according to Humire, established a modus operandi of [ … ]
Russian millionaires and the Ukrainian population are on the move. Not for the same reasons. At least four yachts owned by Russian billionaires have set a course to Montenegro or the Maldives, according to Marine Traffic data reviewed by CNBC. This is a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia by Western [ … ]
As Russian forces intensify their wide-ranging attack on Ukraine, in Latin America, the Kremlin has been busy waging a different kind of assault on democracy — disinformation. Just days before Colombians head to the polls to elect their representatives in Congress and less than three months before the first round [ … ]
“We have reviewed military cooperation plans and endorsed an area for strong military cooperation between Russia and Venezuela to defend peace, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino has clear instructions on this matter. We will expand the program [of cooperation] with such military power as Russia,” Venezuela’s Nicolás [ … ]
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed methods of external interference in order to expand the Soviet plan on an ideological level. To achieve this goal, a large number of tools, collectively called “active measures,” were used. Today, in order not to have to resort directly to armed conflict, [ … ]
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