Information Ramstein. How to defeat Russian propaganda - three questions to experts
Why do you consider the creation of "Information Ramstein" information? Video Day 2. The most relevant common tasks - Ukraine and the civilized world - in this phase of the information war? 3. In contrast to the propaganda of the Russian Federation, the main efforts of the Western world were still focused on the cessation of access to the Russian media, not on building their own counter -propaganda strategy.
What should be three whales of this strategy in your opinion? Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Initiator of the Information Ramstein Project 1. Today, Russia's war is ongoing against the entire civilized world, in particular in the global information dimension. Therefore, our joint victory on the information front is one of the decisive factors of the general victory.
One form of assistance in Ukraine is when the event will remain powerful and the Russians will not be able to destroy the values, economy and stability of the civilized world 2. In order to prevent the victory of Russians in this information war, the civilized world should fight the Russian misinformation not only by recommendations or monitoring, but also active measures. We offer a new form of partnership - "Information Ramstein".
Change strategic approaches, counteract Russia's misinformation and support independent Ukrainian media. These two tracks always stand together, because our media is our information front, which we suggest to join all democratic countries.
It is extremely important to initiate the meeting of the Union countries in order to develop the main strategic goals, anti-Russian propaganda projects, the principles of communications between all participants and the creation of a special financial fund to coordinate joint efforts to counteract Kremlin propaganda. Information Ramstein should become a platform for discussing wartime challenges and starting a single information front of the Union countries. 3.
As for the ban on the Russian media, not all Russian propaganda media are forbidden in the free Western world at such a speed and completeness that it should be done. It is worth noting that today Russia today focuses its efforts on social networks. Three steps to be taken first and foremost: Senior Researcher at John Hopkins University, writer 1. The aggressor has a huge information warfare, which he uses with other tools such as energy blackmail and so on. It will affect the world.
The only way that Ukraine and other democracy can compete is to unite our strengths. Ukrainians are well able to gain sympathy and empathy, to explain the values of this war. But they do not always have such financial impact, media coverage or cultural relationships that the Allies have in different markets. We have to combine our strengths to achieve the effect together. And this means the cooperation of democratic governments, as well as the media and civil society. 2. They always change.
But I would say there are two or three very and very important. One of the tasks is to clearly make it clear that Russia will never be a normal partner again. Russia is a serial abyuse, abuser. Russia's war against Ukraine is also a war against Europe and the world. Russia uses its army to attack Ukraine, but it also uses energy blackmail in Europe, it uses famine around the world, it uses corruption everywhere.
And it is very important for Europeans to understand that they not only help Ukraine, they also fight their own struggle with Russia. They need to stop Russia in such a position when it cannot abuse Europe through energy, blackmail the world with hunger and abuse corruption for degradation of democracies.
This is very important because I think that for many European countries, Russia is still regarded as something that they have to conclude an agreement with, and in the global south and Latin America, this country is regarded as a security and stability guarantor. We should show that Russia, on the contrary, carries chaos and destruction, is a country with which people need to break communication. 3. Number one is to clearly clearly define the effect you want to achieve.
The information should have a political effect. Which market is focused on and why. There is a risk of just to carry out information campaigns for yourself. There is no time in the war. The second is the presence of organizational capacity. Ukrainians should lead. But we need a real understanding of the strengths of everyone. What can the British bring? What is the Irish? In fact, you need to understand which country that makes, what can be the contribution of every ally.
Ireland, for example, will be the best in cultural diplomacy in Latin America. The United Kingdom can be suitable for supporting the US and Australia/New Zealand (Aukus - a Tripartite Defense Pact formed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA). We saw how different allies supplied different weapons and helped Ukraine differently, depending on their experience. We need the same in the information space. The third is thinking in multi -vector campaigns.
The enemy leads slow "tank columns" in the information war. We do not have them, but we have a lot of agile forces that can get out of the information forest and attack the enemy from unexpected angles. Take the situation with Hungary. I would like the Ukrainian Government to implement initiatives on Hungarians to build trust, for example, I have made joint efforts on border security.
Meanwhile, the Visegrad Group countries should press on the Orban government to soften Moscow's support, otherwise they are at risk of losing support in the EU. Anti-corruption groups should focus on exposing a business elite that runs business with Russia. The diplomat, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine 1.
The Information Ramstein initiative is relevant, since after the first phase of war, when indignation and shock from Russian aggression in the West was almost total, now there is a process of some "addiction" to the horrors of war. This is applied to the ordinary citizens of Western countries on the negative impact of war on their well -being. On this field, he tries to play Rospropaganda, in particular, promoting the thesis of "ceasefire" that would allow Russia to fix its seizures. 2.
Common Tasks: 3. Three whales of a joint counter -pro -propaganda strategy should be: a) Information should be objective and verified. The principle of freedom of speech should not be the object of manipulation in order to actually justify the actions of the aggressor. b) the participants of the process at the official level should develop a mechanism of coordination of general messages (see above) and major events.
c) War information should be regular so that this topic does not disappear or get lost in the information cycle. Nb. One of the main problems in the implementation of the idea of "Information Ramstein" is the private ownership of the media. Expert by the Brukings Institute, the former US Ambassador to Ukraine 1. I see the value in response to Russia's efforts for misinformation and propaganda.
I believe that Moscow copes badly with the information part of the Russian-Ukrainian war, at least not as good as Kyiv does it. 2. - 3. With regard to the Western anti -propaganda strategy, it would be useful to have a rapid response center that could reveal the truth in cases where Russian misinformation seems to become some popular with the Western or Global Community.
It would also be useful, although it is likely to require cyberetexisters, to find out ways to overcome the Kremlin's control over the information space inside Russia through accurate war reports to first of all undermine internal Kremlin propaganda. British Media Expert with 40 years of experience in BBC World Service, exchamber of Russian service, first head of the Ukrainian BBC (1992-1999) 1. One of the reasons for the success Not all Western media.
It did this on a large scale (which is only an example of Russia today, and also used Western commentators as "useful idiots" to give plausibility to its materials. The high frequency of repetitions of Russian messages influences the consciousness of listeners/viewers/readers, thus convincing them in their truth.
One of the saddest things in the information flow between Russia and Ukraine is that Russian control over "message" means that people who could listen to alternative and truthful stories of what is really happening refuse to believe that they deserve trust. The Information Ramstin's initiative should act multilaterally, because there will be a response from the Russian authorities, which as of today has virtually closed all alternative state information flows within its country.
Working with the Russian audience is a very important area. To achieve this goal within Russia requires ordinary sources of broadcasting that correspond to the environment of this country, that is, access to television and radio signals, direct and/or through the satellite, as well as the Internet. You should get serious technical advice on this. The Internet is obviously key, and I hope it has not been closed in Russia.
Service providers in Russia are persecuted, and probably there will be a serious attempt to control the Internet. While it is available, all social networks should be used to promote the material. 2. Term Tasks: To prepare news materials in available formats for different social networks to have the temptation to view them. Direct propaganda attacks are usually not successful. You can try different approaches. For maximum effect, well -known personalities, leaders of thoughts should be involved.
It will be helpful to add a little humor, perhaps from the presenter. It is possible as a move, as a certain media product to offer a "Ukrainian diary", which, for example, will include simple articles next to serious materials and will encourage viewers/readers to identify with the presenter and consider it/reliable/reliable not only in views that are not They are politically colored as well as on deadly stories about the war.