Nation-State Defensive and Offensive Information Warfare Capabilities: The Russian Federation

2015 ◽  
pp. 203-216
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
The Russian Federation

scholarly journals THE CRIMEA, ISKANDER MISSILES, NOVICHOK. ACTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AIMED AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND EUROPEAN UNION

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-268
Author(s):  
Magdalena SKWARSKA
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Military Development

The article presents the development of Russian foreign policy towards NATO and EU over the course of last few years. Special attention has been given to the most aggressive measures implemented by Moscow in order to preserve its importance in world political landscape. Author appeals to the Crimea case, military development, hybrid and information warfare and cases of assassinations of Russian emigrants linked to the opposition and business.

Conflicting “Homeland Myths” and Nation-State Building in Postcommunist Russia

Slavic Review ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Tolz
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Socialist Republic ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Russian Empire

The second disintegration of the empire this century has reopened the debate over Russian state and nation building with direct implications both for Russia's reform process and for its relations with other newly independent states. In December 1991, the Russian Federation was transformed into an independent state as a historically formed regional entity, not as a nation state. Scholars argue that the Russian empire was built “at the cost of Russia's own sense of nationhood.” In the past, the efforts spent conquering and ruling vast territories and diverse populations diverted the Russian people and their leaders from the task of consolidation and nation building. This was true not only in the prerevolutionary but also in the Soviet period, during which the majority of Russians saw the entire USSR rather than the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) as their homeland. Now, after the disintegration of the USSR, the questions arise whether the majority of Russians can accept the borders of the Russian Federation as final, and, if not, what the alternative myths of Russia's national homeland are? The answers to these questions determine whether Russians will ever be able to define themselves other than as an imperial people.

scholarly journals Maskowanie operacyjne (maskirowka) jako rosyjska zdolność zaskakiwania przeciwnika

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 293-321
Author(s):  
Izabela Dąbrowska
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The Russian Federation

Operational deception (Maskirovka) as a Russian capability to surprise the enemy The aim of the article was to present the characteristics of operational deception used by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and to broaden the understanding of the evolution of operations using Maskirovka. Particular attention was paid to examples of its use in contemporary wars and armed conflicts - primarily in the conflict in Ukraine and in the Five-Day War in Georgia. The analysis led to an identification of trends regarding the use of deception in contemporary and future conflicts and activities other than war. It shows that the maskirovka will be increasingly used to achieve strategic goals and shape international opinion. One of the most important areas of its application will be cyberspace, enabling more effective disinformation and propaganda activities, including information warfare. Considering the dynamic development of technology and capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the field of operational masking, it is justified to conduct further research in the Maskirovka area. Keywords: deception, operational deception, disinformation, concealment, simulation, imitation, Maskirovka, The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, War in Georgia, Conflict in Ukraine. Celem artykułu było przedstawienie charakterystyki maskowania operacyjnego stosowanego przez Siły Zbrojne Federacji Rosyjskiej oraz poszerzenie wiedzy na temat ewoluowania działań, w których stosuje się maskirowkę. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono przykładom jej wykorzystania we współczesnych wojnach i konfliktach zbrojnych – przede wszystkim w konflikcie na Ukrainie oraz w wojnie pięciodniowej w Gruzji. Na podstawie przeprowadzonej analizy wskazano tendencje dotyczące posługiwania się maskirowką we współczesnych i przyszłych konfliktach oraz działaniach innych niż wojenne. Wynika z niej, że maskirowka będzie coraz częściej wykorzystywana do osiągania celów strategicznych oraz kształtowania opinii międzynarodowej. Jednym z najważniejszych obszarów jej stosowania stanie się cyberprzestrzeń, umożliwiająca skuteczniejsze prowadzenie działań dezinformacyjnych i propagandowych, w tym wojny informacyjnej. Ze względu na dynamiczny rozwój technologii, jak również potencjał Sił Zbrojnych Federacji Rosyjskiej do działań z zakresu maskowania operacyjnego należy kontynuować badania dotyczące maskirowki.

scholarly journals Internet as a means of terrorist propaganda

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-439
Author(s):  
Елена Брылева ◽  
Elena Bryleva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
The North ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Use Of The Internet

In this article the author points to the use of the Internet by terrorist organizations to promote their views. The author notes particularly active in this area of such organizations as "Al - Qaeda" Hezbollah "," Abu Nidal "who use the Internet as a means of information warfare. In this author´s opinion, the negative impact is primarily on the younger generation not only Russia but also other countries. In the Russian Federation, the author singles out particularly in this difficult situation towards the North Caucasus republics. The author comes to the conclusion that the solution of the problem on an international scale, and therefore proposes to support the Russian initiative, proposed in 2011 for discussion in the framework of the UN Convention on International Information Security (concept).

scholarly journals The Impact of Russian Anti-Western Conspiracy Theories on the Status-Related Conflict in Ukraine: The Case of Flight MH17

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-115
Author(s):  
Holger Mölder ◽  
Vladimir Sazonov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
The West ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
The Status ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The Russian Federation has a wide arsenal of tools at its disposal for conducting information warfare to achieve its strategic objectives in the ongoing status conflict with the West. The active exploitation of conspiracy theories has thrived since pro-Kremlin forces started armed conflict against Ukraine in 2013–2014. This article focuses on the crash of Flight MH17, widely used by the Russian media to fabricate various conspiracy theories which make out that the West and Ukraine are responsible for the disaster. This study examines several Russian outlets and TV channels and concludes that the Russian media often used falsified stories and emotional rhetoric in narratives they spread about the crash of Flight MH17. The narratives used to create these conspiracy theories claim that the incident was a Western provocation attempting to generate hostility towards Russia. In disseminating these kinds of conspiracy theories, the pro-Kremlin media created distrust against the West and the Ukrainian government among a larger audience and produced discomfort and disorientation about Western and Ukrainian news.

scholarly journals “The Other/Alien” Image in the Russian Federation Strategic Communications During the Russian-Ukrainian Confrontation (2014–2021)

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-214
Author(s):  
Antonina Shuliak ◽  
Iryna Konstankevych ◽  
Mykhaylo Kunytskyy
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Information Operations ◽  
The Russian Federation

The purpose of the study is to investigate what communication and media technologies and information operations are used by the mass media of the Russian Federation in relation to Ukraine to propagate the image of the “other/alien”. The methodology chosen for the work combines the application of the following methods and approaches: network analysis, SWOT-analysis, system, integrated and civilization approaches, system analysis, method of systematization and classification, methods of analysis, synthesis, objectivity, generalizations, analogies, case study, etc. The article explores the use of communication, media and information-psychological technologies by the Russian mass media to create and effectively promote the image of an enemy, alien, the other during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which began in 2014. The authors insist that the “Russkiy Mir” idea is promoted through the propaganda and manipulation resulting in the image of the adversary of this idea – “the other.” The “Russkiy Mir” foe does not perceive everything with the designation “Russian” as a priori positive and better, doubt the correctness of such a position, and therefore wishes evil to the supporters of the “Russkiy Mir”. Information operations and the most widespread media technologies in the Russian-Ukrainian information warfare are analyzed to model the image of “the other” as a threat. Prospects for further scientific researches are connected with the study of new scientific concepts that is some network-centric warfare, hybrid warfare, cyberwarfare, asymmetric warfare, undeclared information warfare, and others.

scholarly journals Information Warfare

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Kozminyh S. I.
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Industrial Espionage ◽  
Computer Attacks ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the problem of information warfare in the modern world, the possible implications of cybercrime and cyberterrorism, the analysis of directions of the conflicts settlement in the area of information warfare between individual states. To improve the Proposals of the Russian Federation in the field of information warfare. Keywords: information warfare, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, information confrontation, information technology, computer attacks, industrial espionage, propaganda, information calls.

Prospects of development of the reference base of the Russian Federation in the field of length measurements

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Y. G. Zakharenko ◽  
N. A. Kononova ◽  
V. L. Fedorin ◽  
Z. V. Fomkina ◽  
K. V. Chekirda
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Reference Base ◽  
Length Measurements ◽  
Laser Sources ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Unit Of Length ◽  
Further Development ◽  
532 Nm

The results of the work to create a complex of high-precision hardware for the unit of length reproduction and transferring carried out at “D. I. Mendeleyev Institute for Metrology (VNIIM)” are represented. This complex will serve as the basis for the further development of the reference base of the Russian Federation in the field of length measurements and will allow reproduction of the unit of length at two wavelengths of 633 nm and 532 nm, as well as measurements of the wavelength of laser sources in vacuum in the range from 500 to 1050 nm.

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