Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links – Content

Here you find an overview of the content in our list of Integrity Initiative links from 36 countries and some Atlantic Council links. The list is compiled by Activist for peace, Sweden, January 5, 2019 and it contains four parts. Each part is linked from this blogpost. You find that the headings below are clickable.

Screenprint of UK Column: “What is the Integrity Iniative? A short briefing paper.”, December 2018.

Each part with links includes mainly unique texts. Reposted and republished text have been avoided; unless there is a specific interest in terms of additional comments, languages or countries.

When the title is easy readable in the end of the link it is sometimes not stated in the heading. Sometimes, you also have to click on the link to check the date when the text was published.

Note that we have not made any assessment concerning trustworthiness. You have to use your own judgement; preferably by assessing the content rather than the sender. All texts have been included based on that they have some substance and that we have not missed any text. One exception is many Russian sources since we have not been able to assess them quickly.

At the moment, we have no intention to update this list. We can reconsider this if we are offered help in this work. If you want to contribute, you can contact us through our website (see above).

Content – Part 1 of 4

• Basic information 
• Integrity Initiative: official site, statements and leaked material
• Atlantic Council: Kremlin’s Trojan Horses publications
• Sources connecting Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council

Content – Part 2 of 4: Selected UK and UK Integrity Initiative links

• Selected Integrity Initiative links
  • 5 best Integrity Initiative main stream press stories 
  • 20 best critical Integrity Initiative stories
• Integrity Initiative, comments, UK
  • UK press
  • UK parliamentary debate (December 12, 2018)
  • UK parliamentarians (Labour MPs)
  • UK sources via foreign media
  • UK online media
  • UK Twitter

Content – Part 3 of 4: Integrity Initiative, links sorted by countries or group of countries

Countries from and groups of countries A-U (List of countries and number of entries)

• Azerbaijan 1
• Australia 1
• Austria 1
• Bulgaria 1
• Canada 6
• China/Hongkong 1
• Czechia 1
• EU/Europe 3
• Finland 1
• France 1
• Germany 10
• Ghana 1
• Greece 1
• India 1
• International 22
• Ireland 2
• Italy 2
• Kazakhstan 1
• Lithuania 1
• Netherlands 4
• New Zealand 1
• Norway 19
• Pakistan 2
• Poland 4
• Romania 2
• Russia (selected smaller part) 20 
• Serbia 1
• Slovakia 1
• Spain 10
• Sweden 11
• Switzerland 2
• Uganda 1
• Ukraine 2
• United Kingdom – See Part 2 of 4: Selected UK and UK Integrity Initiative links
• The United States 25

Content – Part 4 of 4: Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses projects

• Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses and other projects, selected comments.
  

Extra: Swedish Disinformation research controversy – links

To complement our compiled list of Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links, Activists for peace (In Swedish: Aktivister för fred) has chosen to publish a  an extensive compilation of links in relation to a related scandal that took place last (2017) in Sweden.

“In early December 2018, Tord Björk from Activists for Peace was once more the target of a smear campaign. In a joint effort by Stockholm Free World Forum, an NGO paid by The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise to promote business interest in security affairs and Atlantic Council, the closer cooperation between environmental and peace movement and linkages to the Green Party was presented as a threat in the report Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0. Tord Björk had written in an article in an environmental magazine that the referendum in Crimea in 2014 was a breach of international law but that a majority of the local population including the Ukrainians supports the outcome. The author of the report, Henrik Sundbom, a fellow at Stockholm Free World Forum, claimed that the article showed to much sympathy with the Russian Crimean narrative.

Last year a close cooperation partner to Henrik Sundbom , Martin Kragh, head of the Russia and Eurasian programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and researcher at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University where he also is Research Director at the Uppsala Forum for Democracy, Peace, and Justice, together with the daily Expressen also started a smear campaign against Tord Björk and Ukrainabulletinen, the newsletter publicized by Activists for peace.“

Activists for peace in Make 2019 a year of peace!, January 5, 2019

Screenprint of the Institute of Statecraft’s homepage, December 2019.

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Integrity Initiative links from from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links – Part 1 of 4

This is part 1 of 4 of Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links. The list is compiled by Activists for peace on January 5, 2019. You can find reading tips and an overview of all the parts in this blogpost.

Content in part 1 of 4

• Basic information 
• Integrity Initiative: official site, statements and leaked material
• Atlantic Council: Kremlin’s Trojan Horses publications
• Sources connecting Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council

Basic information

A good start is UK Column’s “What is the Integrity Initiative? A short briefing paper“, December 2018.
https://www.ukcolumn.org/integrity-initiative

Hayward, Tim: “Integrity: Grasping The Initiative”, December 15, 2018.
A summary of the situation including an updated list of links can be found here:
https://timhayward.wordpress.com/2018/12/15/integrity-grasping-the-initiative

The Institute for Statecraft – Homepage
https://www.statecraft.org.uk

Atlantic Council – Homepage
http://atlanticcouncils.com

Integrity Initiative: official sites and leaked material

Integrity Initiative – Homepage
https://www.integrityinitiative.net

UK parliamentary debate on Integrity Initiative, December 12, 2018
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2018-12-12a.285.0

Chris Donnelly, (23 December 2018), Institute for Statecraft director, Chris Donelly on Disinformation and the leak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn5qyyDInTk

Integrity Initiative, (26 November 2018), Statement on Russian media publication of hacked II documents
https://www.integrityinitiative.net/articles/statement-russian-media-publication-hacked-ii-documents

Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, Paul McKeigue, David Miller, Jake Mason, Piers Robinson
http://syriapropagandamedia.org/working-papers/briefing-note-on-the-integrity-initiative

This page is for public comments and discussion relating to the Briefing Note on the Integrity Initiative,
https://timhayward.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/briefing-note-on-the-integrity-initiative-comments-and-discussion

Anonymous (5 November 2018) Documents of ‘Integrity Initiative’, Part 1
https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all

Anonymous (29 November 2018) Documents of ‘Integrity Initiative’, Part 2
https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-2

Anonymous (14 December 2018) The documents of ‘Integrity Initiative’, Part 3
https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-3

Anonymous (4 January 2019) Documents of the “Integrity Initiative” Part 4
https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-4/

Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses publications and projects

15 November 2016, Alina Ployakova and others, The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/kremlin-trojan-horses

14 November 2017, Alina Ployakova and others, The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0: Russian Influence in Greece, Italy, and Spain
https://issuu.com/atlanticcouncil/docs/the_20kremlin_27s_20trojan_20horses

The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0: Sweden Election Teaser
https://disinfoportal.org/teaser-kremlin-trojan-horses-3-0

3 December 2018, Alina Polyakova et al: The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0: Russian Influence in Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/the-kremlins-trojan-horses-3-0

Atlantic Council and Facebook
http://fortune.com/2018/05/17/facebook-atlantic-council-election-propaghanda

Sources connecting Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council:

Hans Wåhlberg, (16th December 2018), NATOS:s trojanska hästar
https://hanslillagrona.blogspot.com/2018/12/natoss-trojanska-hastar.html

Conversations with Slava, (20 December 2018), The Integrity Initiative in Context, Alan MacLeod of the Glasgow Media Group and FAIR talks about The Integrity Initiative and the wider context.
https://soundcloud.com/conversationswithslava/the-integrity-initiative-in-context

Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links – Part 3 of 4: Integrity Initiative, links sorted by countries

This is part 3 of 4 of Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links. The list is compiled by Activists for peace on January 5, 2019. You can find reading tips and an overview of all the parts in this blogpost.

Content – Part 3 of 4

Countries and group of countries from A-U (List of countries and number of entries)

• Azerbaijan 1
• Australia 1
• Austria 1
• Bulgaria 1
• Canada 6
• China/Hongkong 1
• Czechia 1
• EU/Europe 3
• Finland 1
• France 1
• Germany 10
• Ghana 1
• Greece 1
• India 1
• International 22
• Ireland 2
• Italy 2
• Kazakhstan 1
• Lithuania 1
• Netherlands 4
• New Zealand 1
• Norway 19
• Pakistan 2
• Poland 4
• Romania 2
• Russia (selected smaller part) 20 
• Serbia 1
• Slovakia 1
• Spain 10
• Sweden 11
• Switzerland 2
• Uganda 1
• Ukraine 2
• United Kingdom – See Part 2 of 4: Selected UK and UK Integrity Initiative links
• The United States 25

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Azerbaijan – 1 link

https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/eu-wide-anti-russian-psy-ops-program-confirms-uk-govt-funding-anonymous-denies-leak

Australia – 1 link

Stop World War III: Australian Alert Service: Integrity Initiative: Britain’s foreign interference machinery exposed
http://cecaust.com.au/aas/AASVol20No49_Integrity-initiative.pdf

Austria – 1 link

Alexandra Bader, (30 December 2018), Integrity Initiative: Mit allen Mitteln gegen Russland
https://alexandrabader.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/integrity-initiative-mit-allen-mitteln-gegen-russland/comment-page-1

Bulgaria – 1 link

The Bulgarian Times – вашият виртуален всекидневник
Както е известно, в края на ноември 2018 хакерската мрежа Anonymous публикува редица материали, свързани с британския проект Integrity Initiative
https://bultimes.com/

Canada – 5 links

Paul Robinson, (25 November 2018), Lack of Integrity
https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2018/11/25/lack-of-integrity/

Paul Robinson: Death by Natural causes
https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/author/paulfrobinson

Paul Robinson, (20 December 2018), False Flag Confession (small notice at the end)
https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/false-flag-confession/

Mark Curtis, (28 December 2018) Twitter and the Smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A Research Note on the “Integrity Initiative”, Global Research, December 30, 2018
https://www.globalresearch.ca/twitter-and-the-smearing-of-corbyn-and-assange-a-research-note-on-the-integrity-initiative/5664290

Authoritarian UK Government Is Funding Military Grade Psyops to Smear and Calumniate Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
https://www.globalresearch.ca/authoritarian-uk-government-is-funding-military-grade-psyops-to-smear-and-calumniate-james-corbyn-and-the-labour-party/5662375

“The War on Terrorism” is “Fake”: On the Need for Mass Social Mobilizations and Transformative Changes
https://www.globalresearch.ca/on-the-need-for-social-unrest-mass-mobilizations-and-transformative-changes/5663550

China/Hongkong – 1 link

WikiLeaks finds “portion of fabricated” docs in hackers’ papers against Russian propaganda
https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/wikileaks-finds-portion-of-fabricated-docs-in-hackers-papers-against-russian-propaganda

Czechia – 1 link

Prokop Singer, 20 thDecember, Všichni jsou proruští trollové: Britský think tank The Institute for Statecraft a české Evropské hodnoty šíří fake news namířené proti demokratické levici.
http://a2larm.cz/2018/12/vsichni-jsou-prorusti-trollove

EU/Europe – 3 links

https://eptoday.com/labour-furious-over-report-that-anti-russia-charity-targeted-corbyn-receives-govt-cash

Peace Lab Europe, 28 December, A worrisome tendency to coordinate smearing campaigns against peace movements and the left
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=807175282955013&id=458965074442704

Free West Media Staff (28 December 2018) UK info war against Russia targets young children,
http://freewestmedia.com/2018/12/28/uk-info-war-against-russia-targets-young-children/

Finland – 1 link

Comments
https://keskustelu.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/keskustelu/thread.jspa?messageID=7772706

France – 1 link

http://lesakerfrancophone.fr/les-recents-documents-divulgues-au-sujet-dintegrity-initiative-incluent-des-propositions-pour-des-campagnes-de-desinformation-a-grande-echelle

Germany – 10 links

Florian Rötzler, (18 December 2018), Infowar oder Absurdistan: Britisches Außenministerium im Strudel der Desinformation
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Infowar-oder-Absurdistan-Britisches-Aussenministerium-im-Strudel-der-Desinformation-4253994.html

Integrity Initiative: Britische Beeinflussungskampagne gegen Russland?
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Integrity-Initiative-Britische-Beeinflussungskampagne-gegen-Russland-4232365.html

„Integrity Initiative“: Das Britische Empire und die Ukraine-Provokation
https://www.bueso.de/integrity-initiative-britische-empire-ukraine-provokation

Hacker veröffentlichten britische Anweisungen zur Bekämpfung der russischen Propaganda :: Politics :: RBC
https://www.nach-welt.com/welt/hacker-veroffentlichten-britische-anweisungen-zur-bekampfung-der-russischen-propaganda-politics-rbc

Tagesdosis, (18 December 2018) Desinformation in Klumpen (Podcast)
https://kenfm.de/tagesdosis-18-12-2018-desinformation-in-klumpen-podcast

20 December, NachDenkSeiten, Jens Berger, Die infokrieger im Dienste ihrer Majestät “Und die Medien Schweigen”
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=47955

Jens Berger (20 December 2018) Die Infokrieger im Dienste ihrer Majestät, NachDenkSeiten [in German]
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=47955

(21 December 2018), Für die pro-britischen Narrative: Die wahre Trollfabrik zur Beeinflussung europäischer Medien
https://abendhamburg.de/fuer-die-pro-britischen-narrative-die-wahre-trollfabrik-zur-beeinflussung-europaeischer-medien

Constanze Kurz (25 December 2018) Der hausgemachte Desinformationsskandal, Frankfurter Allgemeine [in German]
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/aus-dem-maschinenraum/debatte-um-gezielte-desinformation-der-britischen-regierung-15957088.html

Einfache Standards, (28 December 2018), [Foreign Policy] Integrity Initiative, the Institute for Statecraft and the disinformation
https://einfache-standards.blogspot.com/2018/12/foreign-policy-integrity-initiative.html

Ghana – 1 link

RT program on Integrity Initiative among mainly US and Ghanian video news
https://www.modernghana.com/videonews/0/1/25143

Greece – 1 link

Νέα έγγραφα για το «Integrity Initiative» έφεραν στο φως οι Anonymous
http://eu.greekreporter.gr/?p=70101

India – 1 link

http://www.uniindia.com/osce-declines-to-comment-on-hackers-data-on-uk-integrity-initiative-project/world/news/1414614.html

International

South Front (23 November 2018) Documents Confirm: UK Is Engaged In Large-Scale Secret Propaganda War Against Russia, South Front
https://southfront.org/documents-confirm-uk-is-engaged-in-large-scale-secret-propaganda-war-against-russia/

South Front (10 December 2018) British Anti-Russian Propaganda Network Is Now Used To Target Jeremy Corbyn And Labour Party, South Front
https://southfront.org/british-anti-russian-propaganda-network-is-now-used-to-target-jeremy-corbyn-and-labour-party/

https://southfront.org/hackers-uncover-more-documents-throwing-light-on-british-propaganda-campaign-against-russia/

South Front (17 December 2018) Hackers Uncover More Documents Throwing Light On British Propaganda Campaign Against Russia, South Front
https://southfront.org/hackers-uncover-more-documents-throwing-light-on-british-propaganda-campaign-against-russia/

South Front (19 December 2018) British Foreign Secretary Confirms Integrity Initiative Documents, Blames Russia For Everything, South Front
https://southfront.org/british-foreign-secretary-confirms-integrity-initiative-documents-blames-russia-for-everything/

South Front, (24 December 2028), Theresa May thanks British military for protecting country from ”Russian intrusion” in 2018
https://southfront.org/theresa-may-thanks-british-military-for-protecting-country-from-russian-intrusion-in-2018/-

Prime Minister’s 2018 Christmas Message to the Armed Forces:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-2018-christmas-message-to-the-armed-forces

(24 November 2018), British Government Runs Secret Anti-Russian Smear Campaigns
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/25342-2

Ex-Diplomat on UK Info War Plot: ‘London Becoming Butler to US MIC Interests’
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/24567-2

Integrity Initiative: Organizing Neo-macarthyism and the new Cold War
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/integrity-initiative-organizing-neo-macarthyism-and-the-new-cold-war

«Integrity Initiative»: Lavrov déplore l’idéologie anti-russe d’une opération britannique présumée
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/integrity-initiative-lavrov-deplore-lideologie-anti-russe-dune-operation-britannique-presumee

Newly Released ‘Integrity Initiative’ Papers Include Proposal For Large Disinformation Campaigns
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/newly-released-integrity-initiative-papers-include-proposal-for-large-disinformation-campaigns

Labour furious over report that anti-Russia charity targeted Corbyn, receives govt cash
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/labour-furious-over-report-that-anti-russia-charity-targeted-corbyn-receives-govt-cash

Attacking Corbyn to facilitate World War
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/attacking-corbyn-to-facilitate-world-war

No British outlet will work in Russia if London shuts down RT – Foreign Ministry
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/no-british-outlet-will-work-in-russia-if-london-shuts-down-rt-foreign-ministr

The Propaganda About Russian Propaganda
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/the-propaganda-about-russian-propaganda

USA – McCarthy still alive!
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/usa-mccarthy-still-alive

(24 December 2018), The Institute for Statecraft, the arm of the United Kingdom in the battle for influence with Russia
https://www.archynety.com/world/the-institute-for-statecraft-the-arm-of-the-united-kingdom-in-the-battle-for-influence-with-russia/

(25 December 2018), The desperate efforts of the Western neoliberal establishment to build a new propaganda machine
https://failedevolution.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-desperate-efforts-of-western.html

Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris (31 December 2018) UK gov. funded ‘think tanks’ to smear Jeremy Corbyn and spread anti-Russian propaganda, The Duran [Video]
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lulBNpcMQVk

The Integrity Initiative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn

https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Институт_государственного_управления

Ireland – 2 links

UK Labour Antiwar Campaigner Milne Next Target Of “Integrity Initiative” Exposed In Dossier By CyberGuerilla?
https://www.indymedia.ie/article/106802

https://ansionnachfionn.com/2018/12/21/the-mysterious-institute-for-statecraft-the-integrity-initiative-and-british-black-ops/

Italy – 2 links

La “Integrity Initiative”, ovvero il contrattacco comunicativo segreto del governo britannico. Disinformazione o realtà??
https://scenarieconomici.it/la-integrity-initiative-ovvero-lattacco-comunicativo-segreto-del-governo-britannico-i-documenti

GB, le “fake news” di sua maestà
http://www.altrenotizie.org/primo-piano/8267-gb-le-fake-news-di-sua-maesta.html

Kazakhstan – 1 link

http://vteme.kz/publ/analitika/politika/2_5_mln_dollarov_vydelili_nato_gosdep_i_facebook_na_antirossijskuju_propagandu/13-1-0-184

Lithuania – 1 link

Politologas: lietuvių tikėjimas “bloga Rusija” kenkia jų interesams
https://sputniknews.lt/society/20181228/7954414/Politologas-lietuviu-tikejimas-bloga-Rusija-kenkia-ju-interesams.html

Netherlands – 4 links

Waar zijn de Gehackte Integrity Initiative Bestanden te vinden?
https://waterputonderzoek.home.blog/2018/12/20/eerste-blogbericht

Integrity Initiative is het grootste verhaal van 2018 – maar niet vanwege alles wat het deed
https://www.stopdebankiers.com/integrity-initiative-is-het-grootste-verhaal-van-2018-maar-niet-vanwege-alles-wat-het-deed

Afgang-analysis in Dutch
http://jammerjoh.com/entries/general/afgang

December 27, 2018, Kerstkransje: Wie heeft het nog over ‘Vrede op Aarde’?
http://jammerjoh.com/entries/general/kerstkransje

New Zealand – 1 link

(29 November 2018) Media manipulation – the tail wags the do
https://openparachute.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/media-manipulation-the-tail-wags-to-dog/

Norway – 19 links

Terje Alnes, (13 November 2018), Erna Solberg fikk pris av Atlantic Council etter å ha gitt dem støtte
https://steigan.no/2018/11/erna-solberg-fikk-pris-av-atlantic-council-etter-a-ha-gitt-dem-stotte/

Pål Steigan, (25 November 2018), Den britiske regjeringa driver et hemmelig medieprogram for å sverte Russland
https://steigan.no/2018/11/den-britiske-regjeringa-driver-et-hemmelig-medieprogram-for-a-sverte-russland

Pål Steigan, (30 November 2018), Atlantic Council foreslår terrorhandling mot Kertsj-brua
https://steigan.no/2018/11/atlantic-council-foreslar-terroristhandling-mot-kertsj-brua/

Thomas Vermes, (3 December 2019), Ledig jobb for russisk-norsk språkekspert til USAs militære i Norge
https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2018/12/07/195481808/ledig-jobb-russisk-norsk-sprakekspert-til-usas-militaere-i-norge

Pål Steigan, (10 December 2018), Atlantic Council advarer mot steigan.no
https://steigan.no/2018/12/atlantic-council-advarer-mot-steigan-no

Terje Alnes, (11 December 2018), TV2-journalist bak grove politiske anklager
https://steigan.no/2018/12/tv2-journalist-bak-grove-politiske-anklager

Pål Steigan, (14 December 2018), Den britiske staten driver hemmelig finansiering av kampanjen mot Corbyn
https://steigan.no/2018/12/den-britiske-staten-driver-hemmelig-finansiering-av-kampanjen-mot-corbyn

Kari Angelique Jaquesson, (17 December 2018), Ikke le, da får Putin viljen sin! (reference to both II and AC)
https://steigan.no/2018/12/ikke-le-da-far-putin-viljen-sin/

Aslak Storaker, (19 December 2018), Atlantic Councils liste over femtekolonister og Beredskapslovene av 1950
https://radikalportal.no/2018/12/19/atlantic-councils-liste-over-femtekolonister-og-beredskapslovene-av-1950/

Jo Røed Skårderud, (21 December 2018), Kåre Willoch avviser rapport-stempling av Frp, SV og Rødt som «pro-russiske»: Vil bli kvitt sanksjoner
https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20181221/ARTICLE/181229993

Stian Nicolajsen and Kjetil Magne Sørenes, (22 December 2018), Avviser svakhet for Putin
https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20181222/ARTICLE/181229988

Pål Steigan, (22 December 2018), Penner til salgs. Norske påvirkningsagenter.
https://steigan.no/2018/12/penner-til-salgs-norske-pavirkningsagenter

Pål Steigan, (28 December 2018), Total medietaushet om kjempeskandale
https://steigan.no/2018/12/total-medietaushet-om-kjempeskandale/

Pål Steigan, (29 December 2018), Institute for Statecraft: – Vi er allerede i krig
https://steigan.no/2018/12/institute-for-statecraft-vi-er-allerede-i-krig

Thomas Vermes, (2 January 2019), Integrity Initiative: Norske navn trukket inn i hemmelig nettverk for informasjonskrig mot Russland
https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/politikk/2019/01/02/195488180/norske-navn-trukket-inn-i-hemmelig-nettverk-informasjonskrig-mot-russland

Pål Steigan, (31 December 2019), Årskavalkade 2018(2): Om å trekke medienes trollsplinter ut av øynene
https://steigan.no/2018/12/arskavalkade-20182-om-a-trekke-medienes-trollsplinter-ut-av-oynene/

Pål Steigan, (3 January 2019), Integrity Initiative: Norske navn trukket inn i hemmelig nettverk for informasjonskrig mot Russland
https://steigan.no/2019/01/integrity-initiative-norske-navn-trukket-inn-i-hemmelig-nettverk-for-informasjonskrig-mot-russland/

Pål Steigan, (4 January 2019), Desinformasjon fra Atlanterhavskomiteen
https://steigan.no/2019/01/desinformasjon-fra-atlanterhavskomiteen/

Integrity Initiative, (leaked document 4 January 2019), Active Measures CND Integrity Initiative visit to Oslo
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/28/active-measures-cnd-integrity-initiative-visit-to-oslo/

Pakistan – 2 links

UK State-Funded Institute Submitted 8 Complaints Against RT To UK’s Ofcom – Leaked Papers
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/uk-state-funded-institute-submitted-8-complai-513189.html

Rukhshan Mir , Skripal Affair Becomes Spark To Reignite West’s Anti-Russia Campaign
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/-skripal-affair-becomes-spark-to-reignite-wes-520093.html

Poland – 4 links

Anonymous ujawniają nowe dokumenty ws. Integrity Initiative
https://wolnemedia.net/anonymous-ujawniaja-nowe-dokumenty-ws-integrity-initiative/

Wielka Brytania: rząd finansował antyrosyjskie fakenewsy. Szkalowano opozycję
https://www.salon24.pl/u/jaceklehr3/920057,wielka-brytania-rzad-finansowal-antyrosyjskie-fakenewsy-o-opozycji

Antiruská Propagandistická kampaň GB Integrity Initiative – dokumenty-
https://warsonline.slobodnyvysielac.sk/2018/12/18/antiruska-propagandisticka-kampan-gb-integrity-initiative-dokumenty/

Walka służb: Niewidzialni wojownicy toczą walkę w sieci
https://www.rp.pl/Spoleczenstwo/181229724-Walka-sluzb-Niewidzialni-wojownicy-tocza-walke-w-sieci.html

Romania – 2 links

Hackerii Anonymous au spart serverele: Au publicat date secrete din proiectul Integrity Initiative, Cristi Șelaru, Redactor
https://www.stiripesurse.ro/hackerii-anonymous-au-spart-serverele-au-publicat-date-secrete-din-proiectul-integrity-initiative_1311457.html

S-a țăcănit propaganda „corect politic”…
http://www.justitiarul.ro/s-a-tacanit-propaganda-corect-politic

Russia – 20 selected links of many links

Russia Today, 24 december, Why is paid Integrity Initiative hitman Ben Nimmo still used as ‘independent’ expert by MSM
https://www.rt.com/news/447334-ben-nimmo-integrity-initiative-msm/

Russia Today, 24 December, Integrity Initiative: ‘Army of propagandists disguised as anti-propagandists’
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCW8koxrLVo

Anonymous назвали “немецких участников” сети Integrity Initiative
https://ria.ru/20181203/1539600324.html

https://www.rt.com/uk/446025-anti-russia-organization-targets-corbyn

Russia Today (19 December 2018) ‘Striking images to help public relate’: UK Integrity Initiative’s post-Skripal psyop leaked, RT
https://www.rt.com/uk/446889-integrity-initiative-skripal-monitoring/

https://www.rt.com/news/444899-uk-psyop-leak-reaction

New batch of ‘Integrity Initiative’ leaks reveal military ties & effort to infiltrate European media
https://www.rt.com/news/446809-integrity-initiative-third-leak-uk

Do it CIA style: What you need to know about latest leak on UK-funded psyop
https://www.rt.com/news/446809-integrity-initiative-third-leak-uk

Integrity Initiative is the biggest story of 2018 – but not because of anything it did
https://www.rt.com/news/447256-integrity-initiative-psyops-establishment-media/

RT France: Une ONG anti-propaganda épingtée pour proximité, une ONG avec l’ÓTAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTFINHXK4c

https://en.news-front.info/2018/12/18/integrity-initiative-the-times-meets-ukrainian-kidnappers-propaganda-follows/

The story that brought much criticism against Sputnik:
https://sputniknews.com/world/201812181070788850-russian-embassy-hacking/

‘Harassment that may put lives at risk’: British journalist slams the Times for doxing Sputnik staff. Published time: 24 Dec, 2018
https://www.rt.com/uk/447313-times-sputnik-harassment-risk

Russia Today (4 January 2019) ‘Operation Iris’ & more: New documents tie Integrity Initiative to spin of Skripal affair, RT
https://www.rt.com/news/448103-integrity-initiative-new-documents/

24 December 2018, Martin McCauley weighs in on Sputnik saga
http://uk.watsupeurope.com/news/martin-mccauley-weighs-in-on-sputnik-saga/

Russian embassy urges London to clarify Integrity Initiative
https://russkiymir.ru/en/news/249430/

“World outlook totalitarianism”: in Russia, commented on the publication of data of Sputnik journalists in The Sunday Times, 2018-12-24
http://www.tellerreport.com/news/–%22world-outlook-totalitarianism%22–in-russia–commented-on-the-publication-of-data-of-sputnik-journalists-in-the-sunday-times-.SJmWuqRe4.html

Radio Sputnik Moscow – UK Institute for Statecraft Integrity Initiative
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OX4KRge3LZ0

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201901031071174759-nimmo-integrity-initiative-propagandist/

In spanish:
https://mundo.sputniknews.com/europa/201812141084143563-que-es-integrity-initiative

Serbia – 1 link

1 January 2019, Koriste sva sredstva! Ovo su svi planovi Britanije u Srbiji, i neće se smiriti dok ih ne ostvare!
https://www.alo.rs/vesti/politika/ovo-su-svi-planovi-britanije-u-srbiji-i-nece-se-smiriti-dok-ih-ne-ostvare/204443/vest

Slovakia – 1 link

Hackeri zverejnili nové dokumenty o tajnom projekte Integrity Initiative. Pravda pomaly vypláva na povrch
http://www.srspol.sk/clanek-hackeri-zverejnili-nove-dokumenty-o-tajnom-projekte-integrity-initiative-pravda-pomaly-vyplava-na-povrch-18055.html

Spain – 8 links

29 November El MI6 está desesperado por evitar la desclasificación de documentos que demuestran su papel en la fabricación de Russiagate
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23353-el-mi6-esta-desesperado-por-evitar-la-desclasificacion-de-documentos-que-demuestran-su-papel-en-la-fabricacion-de-russiagate

1 December Operación Moncloa: Traidores españoles en el programa de guerra híbrida del Reino Unido para evitar el nombramiento del coronel Baños
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23288-operacion-moncloa-traidores-espanoles-en-el-programa-de-guerra-hibrida-del-reino-unido-para-evitar-el-nombramiento-del-coronel-banos

5 December Filtran más documentos del proyecto de desinformación británico Integrity Initiative. En evidencia la falsedad de la “injerencia rusa” en Cataluña
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23401-filtran-mas-documentos-del-proyecto-de-desinformacion-britanico-integrity-initiative-en-evidencia-la-falsedad-de-la-injerencia-rusa-en-cataluna

11 December, El proyecto antirruso Integrity Initiative fue usado también contra el líder laborista británico
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23460-el-proyecto-antirruso-integrity-initiative-fue-usado-tambien-contra-el-lider-laborista-britanico

16 December Filtran los planes del Reino Unido para bloquear con minas la base de Sebastopol antes de la votación de Crimea para unirse a Rusia
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23507-filtran-los-planes-del-reino-unido-para-bloquear-con-minas-la-base-de-sebastopol-antes-de-la-votacion-de-crimea-para-unirse-a-rusia

19 December, “Guerra de información”: Anonymous sigue destapando la campaña de “injerencia en política interna”
http://www.elespiadigital.com/index.php/noticias/confidenciales/23549-qguerra-de-informacionq-anonymous-sigue-destapando-la-campana-de-qinjerencia-en-politica-internaq

31 December, El gobierno Británico financia Notícias Falsas en España – Anonymous – British Govt finances Fake News
https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/el-gobierno-britanico-financia-noticias-falsas-en-espana-anonymous-british-govt-finances-fake-news/

https://mobile.twitter.com/nicolasdepedro

Sweden – 11 links

Marcello Ferrada de Noli, (27 November 2018), How UK’s Integrity [disinformation] Initiative backfires?
http://theindicter.com/how-uks-integrity-disinformation-initiative-backfires

Anders Romelsjö, (2 December 2018), Sverige deltar i Storbritanniens hemliga program för att svartmåla Ryssland. Vilka svenskar?, Global Politics
https://www.globalpolitics.se/sverige-deltar-i-storbritanniens-hemliga-mediaprogram-for-att-svartmala-ryssland

Anders Romelsjö, (3 December 2018), Desinformation av rysk desinformation av Martin Kragh, samordnare i Integrity Initiative, Global Politics
https://www.globalpolitics.se/desinformation-av-rysk-desinformation-av-martin-kragh-samordnare-i-integrity-initiative

Anders Romelsjö, (9 December 2018), Mäktigaste Nato-siten Atlantic Council uppmärksammar mig och min blogg. Smickrande?, Global Politics
https://www.globalpolitics.se/maktigaste-nato-siten-atlantic-council-uppmarksammar-mig-och-min-blogg-smickrande

Torbjörn Sassersson, (9 December 2018), Atlantic Council ser Kremltroll i NewsVoice
https://newsvoice.se/2018/12/atlantic-council-newsvoice/

Hans Wåhlberg, (16th December 2018), NATOS:s trojanska hästar
https://hanslillagrona.blogspot.com/2018/12/natoss-trojanska-hastar.html

Carl Meurling, (21st December 2018), Sveriges Rysslandspolitik styrs utifrån | Skånska Dagbladet Opinion
https://www.skd.se/2018/12/21/sveriges-rysslandspolitik-styrs-utifran

Emma Lundström, (21 December 2018), Brittisk trollkvarn med svensk anknytning – Internationalen
http://www.internationalen.se/2018/12/brittisk-trollkvarn-med-svensk-anknytning

Jan Wiklund, (1 January 2019) Agentvärlden är alltid lika sjuk
https://gemensam.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/agentvarlden-ar-alltid-lika-sjuk/#more-1562

Aktivister för fred, (27  December 2018), The purpose of the Integrity Initiative and what it does – We are all in an ongoing war according to Chris Donnelly, founder and director of The Institute for Statecraft and former NATO advisor
https://activistsforpeace.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/the-purpose-of-the-integrity-initiative-and-what-it-does-we-are-all-in-an-ongoing-war-according-to-chris-donnelly-founder-and-director-of-the-institute-for-statecraft-and-former-nato-advisor/

Swedish sources via foreign media

UK’s Integrity Initiative Revelation May Lead To Improvement Of Russia-EU Relations – NGO
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/uks-integrity-initiative-revelation-may-lead-490074.html

Switzerland – 2 links

24 November 2018, Anonymous svela ‘rete anti Russia’ (sda-ats)
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/anonymous-svela–rete-anti-russia-/44568710

Swiss propaganda research, Die »Integrity Initiative«
https://swprs.org/die-integrity-initiative

Uganda – 1 link

“The War on Terrorism” is “Fake”: On the Need for Mass Social Mobilizations and Transformative Changes
http://ugandansatheart.blogspot.com/2018/12/uah-war-on-terrorism-is-fake.html

Ukraine – 2 links

https://24-my.info/eu-wide-anti-russian-psy-ops-program-confirms-uk-govt-funding-anonymous-denies-leak/

http://24-my.info/the-russian-embassy-said-the-lack-of-clarification-of-the-integrity-initiative-in-london/

United Kingdom

See Part 2 of 4: Selected UK and UK Integrity Initiative links

The United States – 25 links

Tyler Durdan, (27 November 2018), Anonymous Exposes UK-Led Psyop To Battle “Russian Propaganda”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-23/anonymous-exposes-uk-led-psyop-battle-russian-propaganda

Dependent, (24 November 2018), British Government’s Secret Network: Integrity Initiative Debunked by Anonymous
https://medium.com/@dependent/british-governments-secret-network-integrity-initiative-debunked-by-anonymous-d34f08112277

Moon of Alabama (24 November 2018) British Government Runs Secret Anti-Russian Smear Campaigns,
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/11/british-government-behind-secret-anti-russian-disinformation-campaign.html#moregh

Moon of Alabama (December 13, 2018)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/british-spies-planted-a-mole-into-the-bernie-sanders-campaign.html

Moon of Alabama (14 December 2018) Newly Released ‘Integrity Intitiative’ Papers Include Proposal For Large Disinformation Campaigns

Moon of Alabama (15 December 2018) The ‘Integrity Initiative’ – A Military Intelligence Operation, Disguised As Charity, To Create The “Russian Threat”
https://medium.com/@markfmccarty/moon-of-alabama-unveils-western-government-funded-smear-campaign-against-russia-39297a24f0af

Mike Robinson, (3 December 2018), Integrity Initiative: A Look Into the Deep State?
https://ahtribune.com/world/europe/uk/2674-integrity-initiative.html

Alejandro López (6 December 2018) Hackers reveal British government’s interference in Spanish politics, World Socialist Web Site
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/06/spai-d06.html

Ian Shilling (17 December 2018) The #Russiagate Hoax and the “Integrity Initiative” to Gaslight the public with more “Russia Threat” lies, Investment Watch
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-russiagate-hoax-and-the-integrity-initiative-to-gaslight-the-public-with-more-russia-threat-lies/

Paul Craig Roberts, (November 27, 2018), Anglo-American Psy-op Agency Exposed
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/11/27/71802/

Margaret Kimberley, (19 December 2018), Black Agenda Report: Freedom Rider: UK and US PSYOP Collusion
https://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-uk-and-us-psyop-collusion

Philip M. Giraldi, (20 December 2018), Strategic Culture: Influencing Foreigners Is What Intelligence Agencies Do
https://www.strategic-culture.org/pview/2018/12/20/influencing-foreigners-is-what-intelligence-agencies-do.html

Newsbuzz admin, (21 December 2018), Was institute for statecraft behind ofcoms targeting of RT sleuthspoint to yes
http://thenewsbuzz.net/world-news/was-institute-for-statecraft-behind-ofcoms-targeting-of-rt-sleuths-point-to-yes/

Patrick Armstrong, (21 December 2018), Psychoanalysing NATO: The Diagnosis
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/12/21/psychoanalysing-nato-diagnosis.html

Philip Giraldi, (23 December 2018), Influencing Foreigners
http://www.txwclp.org/2018/12/influencing-foreigners

Aaron Maté, (28 December 2018), New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics

Far from being a sophisticated propaganda campaign, it was small, amateurish, and mostly unrelated to the 2016 election.
https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-elections-interference/

Derek Royden, (30 December 2018), Exposing the Integrity Initiative
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ynKmil60dY0

Mohamed Elmaazi (30 December 2018), Ep 83 Temple of Covert Propaganda (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgDl4BR_zk

Mohamed Elmaazi , (31 December 2018), Ep 84 Temple of Covert Propaganda (Part 2)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S4CpZeyBmys

Peter Schwarz, (31 December 2018), Der Spiegel’s counterfeit journalism and the campaign against “fake news”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/31/spie-d31.html

Garland Nixon and Lee Stranahan, (2 January 2019), As 2019 Begins, 2020 Presidential Politics Get in Swing
https://player.fm/series/fault-lines-1447945/as-2019-begins-2020-presidential-politics-get-in-swing

Jimmy Dore show, (3 January 2019), British Spy Found Inside Bernie Sanders Campaign,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iQaCZmhG9S8

Matthew Jamison, (4 January 2019), The Not So Special US-UK Relationship
https://www.strategic-culture.org/pview/2019/01/04/not-so-special-us-uk-relationship.html

Moon of Alabama (4 January 2019) ‘Integrity Initiative’ – New Documents From Shady NGO Released [This is a brief piece on the new release, but it has encouraged readers’ comments, a number of which make for interesting reading]
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/01/integrity-initiative-new-documents-from-shady-ngo-released

Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links – Part 4 of 4: Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses projects

This is part 4 of 4 of Integrity Initiative links from around 40 countries and some Atlantic Council links. The list is compiled by Activists for peace on January 5, 2019. You can find reading tips and an overview of all the parts in this blogpost.

Content – Part 4 of 4: Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses projects

• Atlantic Council Kremlin’s Trojan Horses and other projects, selected comments.

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Alina Ployakova et al, (15 November 2016), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/kremlin-trojan-horses

Alina Polyakova et al, (16 November 2016), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, Dr. Marlene Laruelle, Mr. Neil Barnett, and Dr. Alina Polyakova, who were joined by Dr. Andreas Umland, Dr. Mitchell Orenstein, Dr. Péter Krekó, and Mr. Josh Rogin, launched their report The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses: Russian Influence in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu’s Eurasia Center. Unlike in Central Eastern Europe, Moscow’s tactics in the West are purposely subtler and difficult to trace. This report documents how the Russian government cultivates relationships with ideologically friendly political parties, individuals, and civic groups to build an army of Trojan Horses across European polities. This network of political allies, named in the report, serves the Kremlin’s foreign policy agenda that seeks to infiltrate politics, influence policy, and inculcate an alternative, pro-Russian view of the international order.
http://www.atlanticcouncilpodcasts.org/?p=262

Pietro Lanza, (18 November 2016), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses/ΟΙ ΔΟΥΡΕΙΟΙ ΙΠΠΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΕΜΛΙΝΟΥ/Троянські коні Кремля
https://fightingfortruthblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/the-kremlins-trojan-horses

(21November 2016), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses
https://www.stopfake.org/en/the-kremlin-s-trojan-horses/

Mats Johansson (25 November 2016), SvD, I veckans medieflöde: Kremls trojanska hästar i EU
https://www.svd.se/i-veckans-medieflode-kremls-trojanska-hastar-i-eu

György Lázár, (16 December 2016), Orbán’s Hungary – The Kremlin’s Trojan Horse
http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/12/11/orbans-hungary-the-kremlins-trojan-horse/

Priyanka Boghani, (23 December 2016), On Kremlin’s Trojan Horses, How Russia Looks To Gain Through Political Interference
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-russia-looks-to-gain-through-political-interference

Redazioni TPI, (11 January 2017), Come la Russia di Putin è in grado di influenzare la politica in Europa
https://www.tpi.it/2017/01/11/influenza-russia-putin-hacker-politica-europa

Ron Synovitz, (16 January 2017), Europe Bracing Against Risk Of Russian ‘Influence Operations’
https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-russian-influence-operations/28236212.html

The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses in Slovakia: Focus on business
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olexia_Basarab/publication/314724137_THE_KREMLIN%27S_TROJAN_HORSES_IN_SLOVAKIA_FOCUS_ON_BUSINESS/links/58c508d145851538eb8761a3/THE-KREMLINS-TROJAN-HORSES-IN-SLOVAKIA-FOCUS-ON-BUSINESS.pdf

Ryssland – Läs om cyberhoten från Ryssland | itsäkerhet.com
https://www.xn--itskerhet-x2a.com/ryssland/

Jeff, (22 February 2017), No evidence for massive Russian involvement in EU referendum, say politicians who benefitted from it.
http://www.newscrasher.com/2017/02/22/no-evidence-for-massive-russian-involvement-in-eu-referendum-say-politicians-who-benefited-from-it

(After 30 March 2017), FSB – Active Measures – aktivniye meropriyatiya
https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/russia/fsb-active-measures.htm

Rowena Mason, (16 February 2017), Arron Banks threatens to sue thinktank over ‘pro-Russian actor’ claim
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/16/arron-banks-threatens-to-sue-thinktank-over-pro-russian-actor-claim

Redaktion, (24 May 2017) Hinweise des Tages “In einem Interview mit der Deutschen Welle distanzierte sich Meister von der Überschrift und der Tabelle, die dann auf sein Bitten hin nachträglich entfernt wurde.“
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=38425

Alina Polyakova et al, (14 November 2017), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0: Russian Influence in Greece, Italy, and Spain
https://issuu.com/atlanticcouncil/docs/the_20kremlin_27s_20trojan_20horses

Alina Polyakova, (17 November 2017), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0
https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/alina-polyakova-kremlins-trojan-horses-2-0.html

Philip Chrysopoulos, (20 November 2017), Atlantic Council Report: Russia Uses Greece as a Trojan Horse
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/11/20/atlantic-council-report-russia-uses-greece-as-a-trojan-horse/

David Alandete, (20 November 2017), NATO intelligence reports show spike in disinformation about Catalonia – Podemos a Trojan Horse for the Kremlin?
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/20/inenglish/1511166287_468181.html

Simon Lunn, (8 January 2018), What to watch in 2018: a view from ELN senior associate fellows
https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/2018-watchlist

Alina Polyakov and Spencer P. Boyden, The future of political warfare: Russia, the west, and the coming age of global digital competition
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fp_20180316_future_political_warfare.pdf

Jonathan Vanian, (17 May 2018), Facebook Partners With the Atlantic Council to Fight Election Propaganda
http://fortune.com/2018/05/17/facebook-atlantic-council-election-propaghanda/

(10 September 2018), Henrik Sundbom skriver rapporten The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0: Sweden Election
https://frivarld.se/nyheter/henrik-sundbom-skriver-rapporten-the-kremlins-trojan-horses-3-0-sweden-election/

Stansfield Smith, (23 November 2018), Russiagate McCarthyism Led to Internet Censorship of the Anti-War and Social Justice Movement
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/23/russiagate-mccarthyism-led-to-internet-censorship-of-the-anti-war-and-social-justice-movement/

Alberto Martinelli, /December 2018) When Populism meets Nationalism,
https://www.ispionline.it/sites/default/files/pubblicazioni/ispi_report_populism_meets_nationalism_-_martinelli_2018.pdf

Alina Polyakova et al. (3 December 2018), The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0: Russian Influence in Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/the-kremlins-trojan-horses-3-0

Paul Robinson, (4 December 2018),  The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses
https://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/the-kremlins-trojan-horses/#more-4488

John Chuckman, (7 December 2018), The Atlantic Council is often cited in these days of Russophobia as an authority – but it is only like all other American and American-inspired think tanks
http://chuckmanotherchoiceofwords.blogspot.com/2018/12/john-chuckman-comment-atlantic-council.html

Estelle Menard, (9 December 2018) Italie. Géopolitique du Mouvement cinq étoiles : entre normalité et radicalité
https://www.diploweb.com/Geopolitique-du-Mouvement-cinq-etoiles-entre-normalite-et-radicalite.html

Anders Romelsjö, (9 December 2018), Mäktigaste Nato-siten Atlantic Council uppmärksammar mig och min blogg. Smickrande?, Global Politics
https://www.globalpolitics.se/maktigaste-nato-siten-atlantic-council-uppmarksammar-mig-och-min-blogg-smickrande

Kateryna Zarembo, Leonid Litra, Sergiy Solodkyy, Сніжана Дяченко, Тетяна Левонюк, (10 December 2018), Atrophy of Trophies. How Can Ukraine Take Advantage of the Vulnerabilities of Russian Policies in the EU?
http://neweurope.org.ua/en/analytics/atrofiya-trofeyiv-yak-ukrayina-mozhe-skorystatys-vrazlyvymy-storonamy-rosijskoyi-polityky-u-yes/

Torbjörn Sassersson, (9 December 2018), Atlantic Council ser Kremltroll i NewsVoice
https://newsvoice.se/2018/12/atlantic-council-newsvoice/

Pål Steigan, (10 December 2018), Atlantic Council advarer mot steigan.no
https://steigan.no/2018/12/atlantic-council-advarer-mot-steigan-no

Terje Alnes, (11 December 2018), TV2-journalist bak grove politiske anklager
https://steigan.no/2018/12/tv2-journalist-bak-grove-politiske-anklager

Przez Michal Krupa, (13 December 2018), Konie trojanskie kremla
https://kresy.pl/publicystyka/konie-trojanskie-kremla/

Moon of Alabama, /13 December 2018), British Spies Infiltrated Bernie Sanders’ Campaign? (in comment by Bloomingdale)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/british-spies-planted-a-mole-into-the-bernie-sanders-campaign.html

Hans Wåhlberg, (16th December 2018), NATOS:s trojanska hästar
https://hanslillagrona.blogspot.com/2018/12/natoss-trojanska-hastar.html

Kari Angelique Jaquesson, (17 December 2018), Ikke le, da får Putin viljen sin! (reference to both II and AC)
https://steigan.no/2018/12/ikke-le-da-far-putin-viljen-sin/

Matt Orfalea, (17 December 2018), Who is the Atlantic Council? (5 Frightening Facts)
https://medium.com/@0rf/who-is-the-atlantic-council-c927911e8e91

Aslak Storaker, (19 December 2018), Atlantic Councils liste over femtekolonister og Beredskapslovene av 1950
https://radikalportal.no/2018/12/19/atlantic-councils-liste-over-femtekolonister-og-beredskapslovene-av-1950/

Conversations with Slava, (20 December 2018), The Integrity Initiative in Context, Alan MacLeod of the Glasgow Media Group and FAIR talks about The Integrity Initiative and the wider context.
https://soundcloud.com/conversationswithslava/the-integrity-initiative-in-context

Jo Røed Skårderud, (20 December 2018), «Kremls trojanske hester»
https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20181220/ARTICLE/181229996

Jo Røed Skårderud, (21 December 2018), Kåre Willoch avviser rapport-stempling av Frp, SV og Rødt som «pro-russiske»: Vil bli kvitt sanksjoner
https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20181221/ARTICLE/181229993

Carl Meurling, (21st December 2018), Sveriges Rysslandspolitik styrs utifrån | Skånska Dagbladet
https://www.skd.se/2018/12/21/sveriges-rysslandspolitik-styrs-utifran

Stian Nicolajsen and Kjetil Magne Sørenes, (22 December 2018), Avviser svakhet for Putin
https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20181222/ARTICLE/181229988

Pål Steigan, (22 December 2018), Penner til salgs. Norske påvirkningsagenter.
https://steigan.no/2018/12/penner-til-salgs-norske-pavirkningsagenter

Pål Steigan, (28 December 2018), Total medietaushet om kjempeskandale
https://steigan.no/2018/12/total-medietaushet-om-kjempeskandale/

Pål Steigan, (31 December 2019), Årskavalkade 2018(2): Om å trekke medienes trollsplinter ut av øynene
https://steigan.no/2018/12/arskavalkade-20182-om-a-trekke-medienes-trollsplinter-ut-av-oynene/

Mikhaela Alcasabas, (3 January 2019), Atlantic Council Partners with Facebook to Censor Social Media
https://www.projectcensored.org/atlantic-council-partners-with-facebook-to-censor-social-media/

Activists for peace, (5 January 2018), Make 2019 a year of peace!
https://activistsforpeace.wordpress.com/2019/01/05/make-2019-a-year-of-peace/

Activists for peace, (5 January 2018), Integrity Initiative and the connection to Sweden and Atlantic Council
https://activistsforpeace.wordpress.com/2019/01/05/integrity-initiative-and-the-connection-to-sweden-and-atlantic-council/

Activists for peace, (5 January 2018), Swedish responses to Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council
https://activistsforpeace.wordpress.com/2019/01/05/swedish-responses-to-integrity-initiative-and-atlantic-council/

Vox (partido político)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_(partido_pol%C3%ADtico)

Swedish responses to Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council

So far there have been four responses to Integrity Initiative and a new Atlantic Council report in Sweden. They are published by very diverging media. The first is a letter to the editor published in a regional daily Skånska Dagbladet aligned with the Center party, the second in the weekly Internationalen supporting the opposition against Assad in Syria, the third in the blog Hans lilla gröna, run by a Green party member and the fourth Global Politics with pro-Syrian anti-imperialist Anders Romelsjö as editor. In spite of their differences they all bring up empirical material and political background rather than speculating or summarizing the leaks. There is also no direct linkage between the four media platforms making it seemingly weak – or the opposite if each one can find allies and avoid disputes with each other on this specific point.

The authors also use the specific political position Sweden has as a non-member of NATO. This makes statements as NATO’s Trojan Horses having a stronger resonance than in countries that are formally members. They are also all personally addressing experience making it easier to understand that what happens is daily life experiences for people, not something going on in computers far away. Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council are part of governmental efforts together with private actors influencing our daily lives targeting messages and people they do not agree with openly and in secret. This makes the public debate biased and can also threaten people not to express their opinion.

I and several known and unknown Swedes were named as Kremlin’s Agents

Carl Meurling writes in Skånska Dagbladet Opinion December 21, 2018.

Carl Meurling, an investor in Russia, writes December 21, 2018 in Skånska Dagbladet Opinion, a regional daily in the Southern province Scania:

“Two years ago my life changed. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) then issued a report were I and several known and unknown Swedes were labeled Kremlin Agents… Since then, I have tried to understand why we were outed. My conclusion is that the Swedish foreign administration has partly been privatized by foreign special interests. It is unacceptable and a security risk for Sweden.”

Carl Meurling, December 21, 2018

Meurling also brings to light that according to the data leaks about the Integrity Initiative the person to be responsible for the Swedish part of the project would be UI’s Russia expert. He concludes: ”Thus, a tax-financed part of Sweden’s foreign administration has an employee who at the same time works for the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs to influence Swedish politics via an anonymous front organization!”

Emma Lundström writes in the weekly Internationalen December 21, 2018.

Nordic clusters are led by no less than Martin Kragh.

The journalist Emma Lundström writes December 21, 2018 more bluntly in the weekly Internationalen: ”Integrity Initiative’s Nordic clusters are led by no less than Martin Kragh… The fact that a Swedish academician serves as coordinator for the Nordic section of Integrity Initiative is quite startling. That it is Martin Kragh may not be equally surprising to those who have followed his actions for some time. He has the habit of blackening political opponents.”

NATO’s Trojan Horses

Hans Wåhlberg writes on his blog December 16, 2018.

The Green Blogger Hans Wåhlberg goes much further in a blog post from December 16, 2018. To him it is important to point at how different actors work closely together in cohort due to their privileged resources and access to media. He starts by looking into the report “The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0” with a chapter about Sweden entitled: “Sweden – Fertile Soil for Influence OPS?” published December 3, 2018. The chapter is written by one Henrik Sundbom, who is a “fellow” at the Swedish think tank Stockholm Free World Forum (In Swedish: FriVärld), who has close cooperation and exchange with the Atlantic Council.

The report does not only focus upon the normal suspects but also puts much emphasis on the Green party. Wåhlberg also quotes the report: “Support for the Kremlin is stronger in the independent green movement, which overlaps more with the Swedish peace movement than with the Green Party itself“.

After examining several details Wåhlberg describes the content as ”pure conspiracy theory or guilt by association, perhaps on the verge of libel in the case of names mentioned” and ends with: ”Atlantic Council says it wants to reveal to the world, and make it aware of Russian troll farms and Russian disinformation (fake news). They do this by producing their own fake news. The whole thing might be comical or in any case not worth noting if it were not for the power this think tank possesses.”  He finds it appropriate to name such an organization a Trojan Horse of NATO.

Who are they? Wåhlberg asks himself when looking into the Integrity Initiative program ”according to which they will form clusters of “friendly journalists” and key influencers in different European countries to fight against Russian propaganda and false news.”

He asks if ”possibly the above mentioned Sundbom is one of them?” in the Swedish cluster. Then he also asks if Martin Kragh, who in his article the previous year, raised much of what Sundbom speculates in the Atlantic Council report, also belongs to the cluster. ”Kragh’s article certainly failed as scientific work and drew strong criticism from both newspapers and colleagues, but it has not prevented Sundbom from spinning on the same material. Sundbom and Kragh have also worked together earlier and this year, among other things, published a report for The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (“Resilience Against Influence Operations in the Eastern Partnership Countries“).”

Wåhlberg concludes:

“There can be no other explanation than that it is part of a long-term campaign to discredit the peace movement with the aim of later turning the still NATO-negative Swedish public opinion. One way is then to describe NATO resistance only as a result of Kremlin’s propaganda or as something that is driven solely by the Kremlin’s agents.

Kragh admittedly recognized when he was pressured by Aftonbladet “the basic democratic right to have one’s own opinion on Swedish security policy”. But despite this, the campaign against the peace movement continues from new writers who appear in new forms. The nasty thing is that it also takes place in partially hidden forms where institutions with ties to the United States and NATO collect information about the opinions of individuals and produce material where they are discredited.”

Hans Wåhlberg, December 16, 2018

Thanks God they are rightly criticizing me.

Anders Romelsjö writes on the Global Politics blog December 9, 2018.

The antiimperialist blogger Anders Romelsjö:

“Atlantic Council is closely associated with individuals and agencies in the deep state of the United States, having good relations with the White House. It aims to strengthen the alliance between the United States and Europe, and is an important pillar of NATO. It has been involved in all US political and military war adventures over the past 50 years and has been working for decades to cover for CIA sponsored subversive operations, killings and political manipulations in all corners of the world. It is, of course, sponsored by powerful forces such as arms manufacturers, oil companies and other major business interests, as well as receiving funding from more than 25 US-friendly governments around the world.

Now Atlantic Council has drawn attention to me and the blog! Thanks God they are rightly criticizing me. Praise would have made me quit, and consider jumping into a lake.”

Anders Romelsjö, December 9, 2018

Anders Romelsjö also posted two articles on Integrity Initiative.

December 2, 2018 he wrote that Martin Kragh was ”a cluster coordinator” for Nordic Studies in the Integrity Initiative including reposting a longer critical analysis on Kragh’s article on Russian disinformation in Sweden.

December 3, 2018 he writes about Swedish names in the Integrity Initiative material based on an article published on the blog Moon of Alabama.

Activists for peace

Links:

• Lundström, Emma: Brittisk trollkvarn med svensk anknytning (Translation to English: British Troll Farm with Swedish connections), Internationalen, December 21, 2018.
• Meurling, Carl: Sveriges Rysslandspolitik styrs utifrån (Translation to English: Sweden’s Russian policy is controlled from outside the country), Skånska Dagbladet Opinion, December 21, 2018
• Romelsjö, Anders: Sverige deltar i Storbritanniens hemliga program för att svartmåla Ryssland. Vilka svenskar? (Translation to English: Sweden participates in the UK’s secret program to scandalize Russia. Which Swedes?),Global Politics blog, December 2, 2018.
• Romelsjö, Anders: Desinformation av rysk desinformation av Martin Kragh, samordnare i Integrity Initiative (Translation to English: Disinformation of Russian disinformation by Martin Kragh, coordinator in the Integrity Initiative), Global Politics blog, December 3, 2018.
• Romelsjö, Anders: Mäktigaste Nato-siten Atlantic Council uppmärksammar mig och min blogg. Smickrande? (Translation to English: The most powerful NATO site Atlantic Council pay attention to me and my blog. Flattering?) Global Politics blog, December 9, 2018.
• Wåhlberg, Hans: NATOS:s trojanska hästar (Translation to English: NATO’s Trojan Horses), Hans lilla gröna blog, December 16, 2018.

Integrity Initiative and the connection to Sweden and Atlantic Council

Activists for peace have noticed that the large debate concerning the semisecret Institute for Statecraft‘s Integrity Initiative’s state-funded anti-Russian disinformation project have caused attention in Sweden in a different manner compared to the reactions in other countries. One of the reasons is that commenting on Integrity Initiative coincided with a similar debate on a new Atlantic Council report called Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3.0 which contains a chapter about Sweden. A member of the Green party and blogger have pointed at the close connection in content as well as institutional and personal links between the author of the Swedish chapter in the Atlantic Council report and the alleged Nordic/Swedish cluster leader for Integrity Initiative.

The Anonymous leak of documents, confirmed by Integrity Initiative as coming from their computers, has initiated a large debate in 24 countries so far. There is, without counting Russian sources, a lot more than 100 unique articles and other digital material commenting the leak. The debate has primarily been concerned with interpreting the leaked material and how the official Integrity Initiative twitter account has been used for tweets primarily accusing the Labour party for being a Kremlin tool.

The Swedish comments although few, differ profoundly from comments in other countries. One main reason is that the way Integrity Initiative prescribes how journalists and researchers are supposed to work together was already last year exposed in a scandal in Sweden. Then Martin Kragh, the head of Russian studies at Uppsala University – the largest academic institution of its kind in Sweden –  as well the head of the Russian and Eurasian program at Swedish Institute for International Affairs (UI), published an article in the Journal of Strategic studies together with Sebastian Ågren, also at UI with a MA in War Studies from King’s College London, UK.

The article ”Russia’s strategy for influence through public diplomacy and active measures: the Swedish case” drew strong criticism in the peace and environmental movement and among academicians and journalists. In total, the article is down loaded 36 000 times and has been mentioned in 100 primarily Swedish articles and radio programs.

In our next article, you can read more about the Swedish comments published in both a Center Party newspaper and a left wing weekly on Integrity Initiative, by an anti-imperialist blogger on Atlantic Council and by a Green blogger connecting Integrity Initiative and Atlantic Council.