Russian state-controlled and proxy media narratives
September 19, 2021
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Summary
Disinformation narratives in Russian state-controlled and proxy media currently center on the Russian election. The ruling party appears to be preemptively undermining the election results. TV Zvezda, Tass, and Tsargrad have been the primary outlets for sowing doubt. The main narratives were that multiple countries have cyberattacked their voting system, that the US interfered in the election via Apple and Google, and a vague conspiracy-minded tone that amounts to “there are games afoot.”
Apple and Google caved to Kremlin demands to remove Navalny’s app from the Russian stores. YouTube also appears to have removed a Navalny video that did not violate YouTube’s terms. Earlier in the year, YouTube began deleting hyperlinks to a video about which candidates would most likely beat the current ruling party opponent. The move bodes ominously for Russian dissidents and opposition groups, which have been facingincreasinglyauthoritarian responses from the government.
The Russian government has already called out multiple countries for meddling in its election, including the US who was blamed for the largest share of the cyberattack in Security Labs.
Conspiracy
The Great Reset: How a ‘Managerial Revolution’ Was Plotted 80 Years Ago by a Trotskyist-turned-CIA Neocon [Strategic Culture, Sept 17]
American COVID-19 vaccine left people vulnerable to cancer [Tsargrad, Sept 17]
Trump: someone else is running the US instead of Biden [NewsFront, Sept 17]
Oregon Senators File Formal Grand Jury Petition Calling for Investigation into CDC’s Willful Misconduct to Hyperinflate COVID-19 Data Following Federal Law Violations [Global Research, Sept 16]
Indictment of Democrat lawyer who lied to the FBI proves that the “Russiagate” scandal was created by Hillary Clinton Campaign [USA Really, Sept 19]
The “Secret Agenda” of the So-called Elite and the COVID mRNA Vaccine. “Reducing World Population”? [Global Research, Sept 19]
Vaccines and COVID-19
The Most Important Article on mRNA Vaccination You Will Ever Read [Unz, Sept 18]
Video: Towards Digital Tyranny. # Say No to the Covid Vaccine Passport [Global Research, Sept 18]
China Officially Declares George Soros a ‘Global Terrorist’ – He’s ‘the Son of Satan’ [Geopolitica.ru, Sept 17]
Russian election integrity
Fake or fraudulent voters
There Are Already Seven Thousand Fakes – And This Is Just The Beginning. Information Warfare During Voting Days [Tsargrad, Sept 18]
Political consultant predicted ‘significant difference’ in online voting results [Tsargrad, Sept 18]
Over 40% registered for e-voting in Moscow voted online by mid-Friday [Tass, Sept 17]
Quote shows potential for extreme election manipulation: “More than two million Moscow residents were registered for e-voting and will not be given paper ballots should they come to a polling station.”
There are games afoot
More than a hundred DDOS attacks were repelled after the start of online voting in Moscow [TV Zvezda, Sept 18]
The head of the Investigative Committee instructed to organize a check on the fact of attacks on online voting systems [TV Zvezda, Sept 17]
Russia’s ruling party reports attack on its digital service [Tass, Sept 17]
We bought a place in smart vote? The dull scheme was described by analysts [Tsargrad, Sept 17]
German media caught telling lies about Russian elections: Where does the information come from? [Tsargrad, Sept 17]
The investigative committee takes up cyberattacks for State Duma [Tsargrad, Sept 17]
Russian ambassador called the Swiss media reports about the “non-admission of the opposition to the elections” fakes [NewsFront, Sept 19]
Just kidding — our elections are great
Federation Council of the Russian Federation announced the absolute transparency of the elections to the State Duma [TV Zvezda, Sept 19]
United Russia Pary leads in parliamentary elections with over 12% of ballots counted – exit poll [Sputnik, Sept 19]
Telegram messenger restricts access to bots associated with campaigning — founder [Tass, Sept 17]
“I’ll leave it to their conscience if it remains”: Zakharova responded to NYT’s article on Google and Apple [Tsargrad, Sept 17]
No more chances for Apple, Google to dodge Russian laws — diplomat [Tass, Sept 17]
Apple, Google ‘caught red-handed’ violating Russian law on elections — lawmaker [Tass, Sept 17]
CEC of Russia reported on powerful cyberattacks on its website, 50% of which are carried out from the United States [Security Lab, Sept 19]
Another article claims: “Such attacks are carried out from the United States (50%), Germany (25%), Russia (10%) and China (5%), the head of the CEC said during a discussion at the Moscow Public Headquarters for Election Observation.”
