Britain Revives Cold War-Era Unit to Combat Russian ‘Disinformation’

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The British government has revealed that it is setting up a unit tasked with ‘combatting disinformation’ coming from Moscow

This is the first time such a unit has been used since the end of the Cold War 

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told The Mail on Sunday that the new Russia-Ukraine Government Information Cell (GIC) will expose and fight “false information

She also added that “At the end of the Cold War we disbanded our information unit, but the Russians didn’t disband theirs, so we faced years and years of Russian disinformation.”

UK prime minister Boris Johnson also warned that if Russian invades Ukraine it would lead to biggest war in Europe since 1945.

RT reports: Home Secretary Priti Patel made a similar point in an op-ed in The Telegraph, writing that the government has brought together experts to “tackle Russian information aggression targeted at the UK.”

Truss said London has already been working to expose Moscow’s plans to take over Ukraine. She pointed to her own statement from last month, in which she claimed that Moscow was planning to install “a pro-Russian leader” in Kiev. Truss’ office released the name of a Ukrainian politician who she said Russia wants to lead a puppet government. She also released the names of four former Ukrainian officials who she said have close links to Russian intelligence services.

“We have seen a doubling of the amount of disinformation activity in the last week, so we know that the Russians are gearing up,” the foreign secretary said, adding that there have been “40 pieces” of fake news from Russia this month. 

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the alarmist rhetoric coming from London and Washington this month as “propaganda of war.” 

For months, NATO member states have been accusing Russia of amassing troops and military hardware with the intent to invade Ukraine. Moscow denies planning to attack its neighbor, insisting that major troop movements in western Russia and Belarus were part of routine exercises.

9 Comments

  1. The truth is that Ukraine is full of Khazarians (Bolshevics)
    They have been infiltrating the Russian border for years. These are the same people who took over Russia in 1914, Called it a revolution and proceeded to murder almost 60 million innocent Russian orthodox Christian men, women, and children and burn down over 50,000 Russian orthodox Christian churches. It took the Russian people 75 years to get rid of them and the Russians are rightfully scared of them. Pray for Russia. They are not the enemy of the American people

    • Like most of the Trumptards on here you clearly have no idea about Trumps extended family and just how many are zio jewish with links to Zio cult Chabad Lubavitch. One Kushner, two Ivanka and three Trump himself!. There was a reason for Russiagate you know, you don’t even know half of it!.
      Your post might be somewhat true about Ukraine however its just as true of Russia. Russia is not anti jewish and Putin has banned neo nazis and semitism with tought laws atleast as tough as the USA.

      • Middle america is about all NEO but if you try to yell them down at thier rallys you get a M-60 on a tripod from roof top aimed at your head and CBS news blacking it all as as they to are Pro NEO tert-SS

      • NO jewish person freely walks the streets of middle america even today lived in that muck pit for 45 years

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