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Putin’s Disinformation and Its Deep Russian Roots: How Russia Views Information & the Internet
Vladimir Putin Threatens Using Nuclear Weapons
Then Pulls Back
He Stops Allowing Grain Shipments from Ukraine
Then Gives His OK When Turkey Mediates
He Warns of a Ukrainian Dirty Bomb
To Clear the Ground So He Could Set One Off and Blame the Ukrainians
And Long Before That, Kremlin-Sponsored Hackers Spread Disinformation Via Social Media
To Confuse Voters in Western Elections
New Methods. Old Story.
Putin’s Disinformation and Its Deep Russian Roots:
How Russia Views Information, the Web, and Modern Conflict and Control
The Russian government’s full-scale war on Ukraine drew the world’s eyes to the region—and to the information conflict waged between the nations. Yet there is a decades-long history of the Putin regime weaponizing the internet in its favor, and there is an even longer Russian history of thinking around information, conflict, and power. This talk will dive into that sphere, examining the Kremlin’s view of the internet; how the Russian government uses cyber and information power in today’s world, often in ways it has used information and disinformation since czarist and then Cold War days; and how this will shape the geopolitical landscape in the decade to come.
Justin Sherman is a senior fellow at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, and an independent consultant on cybersecurity, technology and internet policy, and geopolitical risk. He has testified to Congress and briefed members of European Parliament, written hundreds of articles and numerous reports, and consulted for and advised nonprofits, startups, Fortune 100/500 companies, investors, and the US government on a range of technology, policy, and geopolitical issues. Previously, he worked for American University Washington College of Law, New America, Lawfare, and the NSA’s Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, among others. He earned his M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University and his B.S. in Computer Science and his B.A. in Political Science from Duke University. Follow him on Twitter @jshermcyber and reach out at https://justinwsherman.com/.
This is the 71st in a series of presentations sponsored by the Museum featuring eyewitnesses to, and other experts on, significant Cold War-era events and activities.
Date and Time: Sunday, March 5th, 2023 from 2:00-3:30 PM EST. THIS EVENT IS ENTIRELY VIRTUAL, WITH ONLINE ACCESS ONLY.
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Cost: $20, 100% of which is a contribution to the Cold War Museum.
Location: ONLINE ONLY. Eventbrite ticket buyers will receive a link to the virtual room on the Zoom platform where this event will take place. We are recording the whole event, including the Q&A, for the Museum’s archives.
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