October 3, 2017 - Russian Information Warfare: An Advancing Front of Disinformation and Propaganda

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Recent revelations of the Russian purchase of Facebook ads in the last U.S. presidential election cycle and efforts to sway public opinion to undermine faith in American democracy are classic examples of Kremlin information warfare.

Image from entry, with caption: Americans have been reminded that while the Soviet Union is long gone, its insidious disinformation strategies are alive and well.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017
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Aureliu CioCoi
Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova

Arnoldas Pikžirnis
World Affairs Transatlantic Fellow, and Adviser to the Prime Minister of Lithuania

Anna Korbut
World Affairs Transatlantic Fellow and Deputy Chief Editor, The Ukrainian Week

Olevs Nikers
World Affairs Transatlantic Fellow and Chief Expert, Ministry of Defense of Latvia

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Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy
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Recent revelations of the Russian purchase of Facebook ads in the last U.S. presidential election cycle and efforts to sway public opinion to undermine faith in American democracy are classic examples of Kremlin information warfare. Americans have been reminded that while the Soviet Union is long gone, its insidious disinformation strategies are alive and well. The countries along Russia’s borders as well as in Eastern and Central Europe have borne the brunt of Kremlin interference and disinformation for years. Russia’s strategy is to dislodge them from the European Union, create internal turmoil and smear the United State with a barrage of anti-American fake news.

Please join us as The Heritage Foundation hosts a panel of experts with extensive first-hand experience of Russian disinformation and knowledge of what can be done to push back against it.