Intelligence report: Russia preparing to meddle in EU vote
UPI reports: "Russian government will try to meddle in the coming European Parliament
elections and influence Western institutions like NATO, a new
intelligence report said Tuesday. [...] 'Russia supports its allies
through Russian-controlled media, organizes high-level meetings and
visits that attract media attention, offers covert financial assistance
if necessary, discredits opponents (by stealing and leaking internal
information), intentionally spreads false information in social media,
and so on.' [...] The report says President Vladimir Putin's government
has also been preparing militarily for a possible conflict with NATO."
Comment: The resurgence of Russia is one of the most important events of the last decade, one we should continue to monitor very closely. Russia is not a status quo power, they are a disgruntled power out to change the world system and are prepared to use all the weapons in their arsenal to do so. This is now the age of hybrid warfare and the battlefield is domestic politics, cyberwar, surveillance and social media manipulation. I think they took the old MTV ad to heart: rock the vote.
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