The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand?
The Ukrainian crisis has witnessed intensification of information confrontation between Russia and the West. Canada - being an integral part of Western alliance and staunchly opposing to Russian actions on the Ukrainian Southeast – attracted Kremlin`s ire expressed in intensification of Russia`s inf...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/61799 2023-05-15T15:12:06+02:00 The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand? Sukhankin, Sergey 2019-09-09 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/SSP%20-%2015 eng eng University of Calgary https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/SSP%20-%2015/53435 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/SSP%20-%2015 Copyright (c) 2019 Sergey Sukhankin The School of Public Policy Publications; Vol. 12 (2019) 2560-8320 2560-8312 10.11575/sppp.v12i0 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion "Peer-reviewed Article" 2019 ftunivcalgaryojs https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v12i0 2022-03-22T21:11:19Z The Ukrainian crisis has witnessed intensification of information confrontation between Russia and the West. Canada - being an integral part of Western alliance and staunchly opposing to Russian actions on the Ukrainian Southeast – attracted Kremlin`s ire expressed in intensification of Russia`s information assault against it. The decision of Ottawa to deploy military forces in the Baltic Sea region and some legislative gestures were construed in Moscow as openly anti-Russian behaviour and a perfect example of Russophobia. This paper seeks to investigate the structure, key operative principles and distinctive features of Russia`s propaganda machine, and how these are used by the Russian side in its information campaign against Western alliance and Canada, in particular. The research demonstrates sophistication and elaborateness of Russia`s disinformation techniques: borrowing certain traits from the pre-1991 period, Russia managed to surpass its historical predecessor. This owed to the advent of new technologies and elimination of the ideological surcharge and previous dogmatism. On the basis of this research it could be argued that in spite of fierce disinformation assault that countries of the Western alliance have had to deal with after 2014, Russia`s resources are finite and Kremlin`s actions vary on a country-to-country basis. It thus could be stated that Russia`s capabilities against Canada in terms of information-phycological warfare are limited. This, however, does not mean that the peril is nonexistent. If (and, apparently, when) interests of Canada and Russia clash in the Arctic region, Moscow might be willing activate other means (the “cyber” pillar) of information confrontation, which have been tested in other theaters of Russia`s activities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canada Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) |
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The Ukrainian crisis has witnessed intensification of information confrontation between Russia and the West. Canada - being an integral part of Western alliance and staunchly opposing to Russian actions on the Ukrainian Southeast – attracted Kremlin`s ire expressed in intensification of Russia`s information assault against it. The decision of Ottawa to deploy military forces in the Baltic Sea region and some legislative gestures were construed in Moscow as openly anti-Russian behaviour and a perfect example of Russophobia. This paper seeks to investigate the structure, key operative principles and distinctive features of Russia`s propaganda machine, and how these are used by the Russian side in its information campaign against Western alliance and Canada, in particular. The research demonstrates sophistication and elaborateness of Russia`s disinformation techniques: borrowing certain traits from the pre-1991 period, Russia managed to surpass its historical predecessor. This owed to the advent of new technologies and elimination of the ideological surcharge and previous dogmatism. On the basis of this research it could be argued that in spite of fierce disinformation assault that countries of the Western alliance have had to deal with after 2014, Russia`s resources are finite and Kremlin`s actions vary on a country-to-country basis. It thus could be stated that Russia`s capabilities against Canada in terms of information-phycological warfare are limited. This, however, does not mean that the peril is nonexistent. If (and, apparently, when) interests of Canada and Russia clash in the Arctic region, Moscow might be willing activate other means (the “cyber” pillar) of information confrontation, which have been tested in other theaters of Russia`s activities. |
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The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand? |
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The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand? |
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