The anatomy of Russian information warfare. The Crimean operation, a case study. OSW Point of View Number 42, May 2014
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2014

The Crimean operation has served as an occasion for Russia to demonstrate to the entire world the capabilities and the potential of information warfare. Its goal is to use difficult to detect methods to subordinate the elites and societies in other countries by making use of various kinds of secret and overt channels (secret services, diplomacy and the media), psychological impact, and ideological and political sabotage. Russian politicians and journalists have argued that information battles ar