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Russia has over 150 different ethnic groups.
Far-right white nationalists in the US and EU are very confused and misled by Kremlin propaganda directed toward them and meant to cause separatism within Western nations. Putin himself is terrified of ethnic nationalism dividing Russia. The right-wing nationalism that the Kremlin promotes within Russia is a civic nationalism that includes many different ethnic groups like the Muslim Tatars and embraces Islam as an essential part of the conservative Russian narrative.
Islam is the second largest religion in Russia.
I think many of these white nationalists who praise Russia as some sort of ideal white Christian ethno-state would be very confused to know that it is illegal to criticize Islam in Russia, Putin says Russia is an ally of the Islamic world, and Putin also says there is no link between Islam and terrorism.
It is strategically convenient for the Kremlin to promote white nationalism and Islamophobia in the Western nations it wishes to weaken. While Russia’s own survival depends on integrating many different ethnic groups and faiths into the conservative Russian narrative.
When the West succumbs to Islamophobia, Russia ultimately gains the upper-hand in relations with the Islamic world and thus a strategic advantage in the Middle East. On the flip side, the Kremlin has promoted anti-US and anti-Western sentiment amongst it’s neighboring Muslim countries for decades by fueling radicalism in the region to undermine US interests.
In his book Disinformation, former Soviet Lieutenant General and defector, Ion Mihai Pacepa, explained the KGB’s role in radicalizing the Muslim world against the US via propaganda and dezinformatsiya:
>Andropov’s disinformation machinery was working around the clock to persuade the Islamic world that Israel and the United States intended to transform the rest of the world into a Zionist fiefdom. According to Andropov, the Islamic world was a petri dish in which the KGB community could nurture a virulent strain of American-hatred.
There is one very clear distinction between Trump and Putin; the Kremlin responds to extremism by embracing Islam and decrying that terrorism is not representative of the faith.
These same white nationalists are completely ignorant of the fact that Russia also cultivates and promotes far-left extremist groups in Western nations to fuel separatism. Russia's end goal is to divide and isolate Western nations so that they can step in and establish a dominant Eurasian international order led by the Kremlin. White nationalists in the US and EU are just useful idiots and another means to achieving this.
That 9/11 conspiracy theories were originally propagated by the Russian intelligence services in order to discredit the US. The former Soviet bloc intelligence services employ a policy of disinformation known as Active Measures (I take my user name from this operative paradigm) which is essentially the use of social engineering to discredit people and institutions. There is a decent Wikipedia article on this topic. Several decades ago an archive was smuggled out of the KGB by a defector that shows the KGB was involved in using letters written to conspiracy theorists in the guise of disenfranchised intelligence officers wanting to come clean about CIA involvement in takin the moon landing, the assassination of JFK and many others. Many nations (including the Western nations) use disinformation as a simple, cheap, and effective form of discrediting opponents.
A good background in these operations can be found in the writings of General Ion Pacepa and the Mitrokhin archive.
Some interesting sources:
Active Measures
The Mitrokhin Archive
An interesting example of an operation
A book by Ion Pacepa that is very much worth reading. It goes into detail about these intelligence operations
I also recommend Red Horizons - a very important book.
I ask this: is it crazier to believe in a wide ranging conspiracy or tactical disinformation to discredit your enemies?
If you are looking for a more in depth look into how foreign governments (specifically the USSR and the current Russian gov't) use(d) 'critical theory' in actual practice as part of real life gov't orchestrated cultural subversion campaigns abroad, check out Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet bloc intelligence official ever to defect to the West.
For further explanation on its involvement in modern race relations, specifically as it applies to an critical examination of society and culture, to the intersection of race, law, and power., check out 'critical race theory'.
The very terms used by that commenter show him to be a leftist trying to deflect and prop up the image of Soviet Union.
Here is another source - which pretty much confirms Bezmenov's claims: https://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604
In case history itself has not validated him enough.
Also do note that anecdotes I heard from people as well as other sources (other Soviet dissidents, Orwell, etc...) pretty much confirm what Bezmenov's claims.
Because Russia is a dictactorship. Putin has been in power for 17 years and kills those who oppose him. I guess you'd support Trump to do that too, even if he's walking around 5th avenue shooting people. I suppose you haven't read books such as Disinformation https://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/product-reviews/1936488604 and you think Russia is...good because it's an oil-based oligarchy?
P.S. They also attacked our election and put a fucking whiny little rich brat in the white house.
Yeah that's because most conspiracy theorist are anti-semetic, but since it's not acceptable anymore to march around in a brown shirt and attack Jews they have to stick to these shitty theories to try and prove that the Jews are the aggressors in everything and that they need to defend themselves against the Jewish menace.
For extra keks check out the book disinformation, it outlines a lot of the Soviet propaganda including apparent plots by the KGB to stir up anti-sematism in the Middle East just to fuck with the US. So while a lot of these conspiratards think they know the truth, they really are just falling for old school Soviet propaganda.
Для славного Советского Союза и возвращения коммунизма брата!
https://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1936488604&pd_rd_r=3AVSRASN42ZAFX8C6J4E&pd_rd_w=6zA1A&pd_rd_wg=i0ygN&psc=1&refRID=3AVSRASN42ZAFX8C6J4E
A rabbit hole.
This book: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism.
Fast-forward to the 90's-present day, Putin has been waging a non-stop propaganda offensive. The goal is to destabilize the internal population. The thing with propaganda is, is unless it is a complete fabrication (black), it comes with segments of truth in it.
http://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604
http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Final-Battle-Father-Kramer/dp/0966304659
I just started reading this book about a high level Romanian, basically equivalent to our chief of staff, that defected to the US. It's called 'Disinformation' and so far I've found it to be fascinating.
http://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604
Markus Wolf, Man without a face About east german intelligence
Ion Pacepa, Red Horizons: The Extraordinary Memoirs of a Communist Spy Chief About rumanian intelligence in the communist era.
He also wrote the Kremlin's legacy, but that is more speculative and about the political changes, still a good book.
Pacepa has a trilogy: The Black Book of the Securitate from 1999, and recently (3 weeks ago) published: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism, but I haven't read these, if anyone has an opinion on them, please share them here or in pm please!
U/animalfarmpig already mentioned Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, but you just can't stress enough the importance of that book, it discusses the very basics of analysis so well, that this should be the first anyone reads and if I may: this book should be at the very top of the suggested reading list.
http://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting-Terrorism/dp/1936488604
Basically Russia started a campaign to convince Muslim countries that the US was run by Zionists and they were out to destroy Islam.
> When I see statements like this, it always reminds me of this excellent BBC article on Russian media tactics.
happy coincidence, comrade! as it turns out, i am russian disinformation agent. i guess jig is up, eh?!
i have no regret. please tell wife and children i love them and am sorry.
> By the way, if you liked that little blurb, you'll love Pomerantsev's entertaining book, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible.
i did like the blurb, and will be ordering the book. you may be interested to know that the title seems to be a variant on the alleged 'esoteric wisdom' of hassan-i sabbah (viz. "nothing is true, everything is permitted") as echoed in modern times by william s. burroughs, brion gysin, and the makers of assassin's creed.
if you enjoyed the bbc article and the book, you'll probably be a fan of:
The Increasingly Unhinged Russia Rhetoric Comes From a Longstanding U.S. Playbook - Greenwald, Feb. 23
Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism - Pacepa and Rychlak, 2013
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - Hedges, 2009
> BBC article
no possible bias there, amirite?!
spez - phrasing
Lucky for you, I made a sticky at my sub:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ActiveMeasures/comments/6gne0u/sources_about_active_measures_you_should_follow/
Those are, IMO, the best sources to follow.
If you want specific authors like Pomerantsev, I'm afraid there are very few who talk about this stuff. Actually, I seem to have forgotten a few people in my sticky, so I'll mention them here:
This is actually a very easy question to answer for people who are "Really" informed on the subject. The reason the Islamic world and Jews hate each other, especially in modern times is due to a propaganda campaign by the USSR during the cold war. The Soviets spread a bunch of anti-Semitic material all over the middle east including Mein Kampf and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. They heavily pushed the conspiracy theory narrative that the Jews are some evil group trying to take over the world and that Jews were secretly in control of The United States and Europe, yada yada yada. Basically the same crap you will read on Storm Front and Nazi websites. The purpose of this entire Psy-Op was to turn the Middle East against Israel, The United States, and The West to weaken both the United States and the Middle East through constant war allowing the Soviets to destroy the west and the middle east when they were both weak. For more information I suggest you read the Book Disinformation by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa who was the highest ranked Soviet Intelligence officer to defect during the cold war.
https://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487880435&sr=8-1&keywords=disinformation
It's not just regular misinformation, it's disinformation that has been deliberately spread by the Soviet government for decades. Check out this book if you'd like to know more. It was co-written by a former intelligence chief from communist Romania after he defected to the US.
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I just started reading this book about a high level Romanian, basically equivalent to our chief of staff, that defected to the US. It's called 'Disinformation' and so far I've found it to be fascinating.
http://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Strategies-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting/dp/1936488604
thanks, that exactly the book i want. i also found some Disinformation by ex-Romanian spy chief Paceca:
https://www.amazon.com/Disinformation-Undermining-Attacking-Promoting-Terrorism/dp/1936488604
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