Thread by @serenahrm

1/ ICYNI: #Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth
By @peterpomeranzev (2014)

"The Kremlin’s goal is to control all narratives, so that politics becomes one great scripted reality show."
Vladislav Surkov helped Putin...by "manipulating them from the inside." nytimes.com/2014/12/12/opi…

2/ Russia’s Ideology: There Is No Truth (2014)

Surkov..."the triumphant cynicism... When people stopped trusting any institutions or having any values, they cld easily be spun into a conspiratorial vision of the world.
...replace facts w/disinformation."
nytimes.com/2014/12/12/opi…

3/ cfr. On Vladislav Y. Surkov, former Putin's advisor:
His "Russia interferes in their brains" (2019)

https://twitter.com/serenahrm/status/1349421343595495425?s=20

4/ Contemporary #Russia|n model for #propaganda
"Firehose of Falsehood"(2016)
Marked by:
-high # of channels & messages
-shameless willingness to disseminate partial truths/outright fictions
-rapid
-continuous
-repetitive
-lacks commitment to consistency
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…

5/ What Can Be Done to Counter the #Russia|n "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda? (2016)

"#Forewarning is perhaps more effective than retractions or refutation of propaganda that has already been received. #Raising_awareness of misinformation..."
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…

6/ cfr. In practice, what do they do?
Spread:
-huge quantity of disinformation/propaganda from different channels
-in mechanical, systematic+strategic ways
-rapidly
-continuously & repetitively (incredible #persistence, they never give up!) #Russia #Psyop

https://twitter.com/serenahrm/status/1351275863455772673?s=20

7/ In this regard,
"More posts from Q promoters desperately pushing the 'Biden's inauguration was a prerecorded movie' angle"
can be an exemplary case of forcing ppl to accept their alternative truth thru the "Firehose of Falsehood." #Russia @propornot

https://twitter.com/sara_aniano/status/1353786335182663681?s=20

I'm not specifically referring to the Q.
'They' keep inventing & spreading any kind of lies thru every channels available for them.
Those who long obliged to survive #Russia|n disinformation, in NE Europe, Syria, etc, can't stop noticing certain #pattern of development (as a.m.).

Putin's unexpected address at the WEF
Warns of ‘all against all’ fight if global tensions r not resolved
Social stratification, populism, R&L-wing radicalism increased. Domestic political processes is more violent & int.l relations less stable &predictable
cnbc.com/2021/01/27/rus…