Russia is trying to create a long-term IPSO in the US and Europe, – NYT

Russia is working on the creation of a long-term IPSO in the USA and Europe/Collage 24 Channel

Russia is spending crazy money not only on the front lines. The Kremlin is also working on propaganda in the US and Europe. Pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian messages are spreading there.

This is emphasized by Western media observers, referring to declassified analysis of American intelligence. They note that Russiais stepping up its efforts to spread messages beneficial to it in the US and Europe.

Russia manipulates the opinions of the inhabitants of the United States and Europe

For this, the Kremlinuses laundering technologies. With their help, the aggressor country hides the efforts of its special services to cultivate both pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian narratives.

As it turned out, the Russian special services, including the federal security service, secretly used allies. They belonged to nominally independent organizations. And with their help they spread propaganda.

It is believed that after the so-called Prigozhin rebellion, Russian information operations could have received a certain blow. After all, he was not only the financier of the Wagner PMC, but also sponsored the so-called Internet Research Agency. In fact, he ran a troll farm that supported Donald Trump in the 2016 elections. Then all the criticism was directed at Hillary Clinton.

Russia is looking for young leaders outside the country

The published information shows that Russia is focused on developing a network of young leaders. For the long term. They, the Kremlin hopes, will support or spread pro-Russian ideas in their countries. This will not be different from the work of the spy agencies of the Soviet era. Where they also planned to develop a network of ideological allies and informers around the world.

The Kremlin carries out entire operations. They are aimed atcreating support for the aggressor country among Americans and Europeans. In addition, they do not disdain straightforward measures. For example, the organization of fake popular protests.

US citizens were recruited

In particular, this was done by Natalia Burlinova, whose name is mentioned in the indictment of the Ministry justice. It was just made public this year.

She is known to have colluded with the FSB to recruit Americans from academia.They were supposed to participate in the non-governmental organization “Creative Diplomacy”, which was created by Burlinova.

This organization calls itself a public diplomacy program for emerging leaders. Like, it contributes to their dialogue with Russia. And they already say that 80 people from different countries of the world took part in the program.

Interestingly, following the indictment in June, the US Treasury Department sanctioned two FSB officers. This, in particular, is about Yegor Popov, who was the curator of Burlinova. The Ministry of Finance noted that he controlled the work of the latter, and also provided her with a list of US citizens who could be contacted.

Burlinova's case is not the only one. The declassified analysis also highlights:

• Andrey Stepanenko, who worked for the FSB from 2014 to 2019;
• Maxim Grigoriev, who was director of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy, which disseminated anti-Ukrainian narratives on behalf of the Kremlin;
• Anton Tsvetkov, leader of the Russian Officers group. The latter, on instructions from Russian intelligence, organized protests in Moscow, including near the US embassy.

And this is only part of what Russia is doing to spread its IPSO throughout the US and Europe. The Kremlin continues to recruit people, organize intelligence networks and use them to spread narratives that will play in favor of the aggressor country. Everything to make this IPSO long-term.