There was an interesting new post at Democracy Digest.

Russians deserve to live in a free democracy and the the world must come to their defense, according to an open letter signed by prominent democracy advocates.* The violations of constitutional rights and freedoms being meted out by Vladimir Putin demand an uncompromising response, says the initiative, orchestrated by Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The essential feature of Russian disinformation is that it is inseparable from the Kremlin’s non-linear asymmetric warfare, through which the regime has gained valuable experience since 2010, notes analyst Sergey Sukhankin. Three important aspects need to be underlined, he writes in The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine…

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