As the war in Ukraine continues, Russian disinformation is becoming somewhat unhinged. Joining me to explore that further is Elise Thomas, freelance journalist and OSINT analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
In this episode we also talk about Russian disinformation operations in Africa, the future of open-source intelligence, the Russian bureaucracy in occupied Ukraine, and why the French are Nazis. We even touch upon the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. And how could we not talk about Elon Musk and all the changes at Twitter?
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Episode Links
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[22 January 2023] Part Three in the ‘Life under Occupation’ series - a detailed analysis of everyday life in occupied Kherson.
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17. Resupplying Ukraine: Arms, Aid & Escalation - What, Who, & What might be next? - Perun - YouTube[6 February 2023] Aid to Ukraine has evolved dramatically since February 2022, and there are few topics that have attracted more constant press coverage away from the battlefield itself. So today I try and set out how aid has evolved, who the major contributors are, and the impact aid has had - and may have in 2023.
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[23 March 2019] What happens when the same techniques used to interfere with U.S. elections are adapted to a war zone in the heart of Africa? The results are brutal.
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[25 January 2023] After nearly a decade in prison, the Wagner group founder’s ascent was extraordinary. But where does the ceiling of his ambition lie? Some of those who knew him describe his path to power
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[9 February 2023] Yoel Roth testifies before congressional committee that Elon Musk’s release of company’s internal records led to harassment.
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A company which provides users with an icon which they can paste over an avatar or profile photo on a social networking site, indicating the user's support for a given cause, group, brand, etc.
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The Internet Research Agency (IRA; Russian: ????????? ????????-????????????, romanized: Agentstvo internet-issledovaniy), also known as Glavset (Russian: ????????) and known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino (Russian: ?????????? ??????), is a Russian company engaged in online propaganda and influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests. It is linked to Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin and based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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[18 November 2022] Rybar, a pro-Kremlin military analysis channel on Telegram, has been cited by the world's top news agencies, and it's easy to understand why: the channel seems to have access to a wide network of informants whose claims are difficult to ignore, if impossible to verify. But despite its influence, Rybar's administrators have remained anonymous throughout the war. In a new investigation, however, journalists from the independent Russian news outlet The Bell uncovered key information about the channel's creators, its funding, and its contributors. In English, Meduza summarizes their findings.
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Expertise: Satellite data, Open Source intelligence. Nathan is a analyst with ASPI's International Cyber Policy Centre.
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[21 August 2019] You'll know Nathan Ruser as the Strava student, the one who rocked the world's security agencies last year by pointing out the visibility of regular exercise routes for US troops at their base in Syria, using data from exercise app Strava he found posted on Twitter.
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