The United States will zero in on the Russian welfare system and the top leadership as the next targets in the information campaign against Moscow, Director of Russia-based Center for Political Information Alexey Mukhin said on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2020) The United States will zero in on the Russian welfare system and the top leadership as the next targets in the information campaign against Moscow, Director of Russia-based Center for Political Information Alexey Mukhin said on Wednesday.
"The next avenue of attack is very simple, it is social welfare. And the next step is the power structure represented by the military, and the intelligence services, first and foremost, and then the top leadership ... And it is clear that through [targeting] the [Russian] economy they will go for the social sphere, as I said, and then [go on] to discredit, delegitimize the Russian authorities," Mukhin said at a press conference, adding that these steps will manifest themselves in statements on social media and by politicians, spread by the Western media to make them seem as if they reflect objective reality.
He also warned about a new wave of sanctions against Russia from the US Congress.
This calls for a strategy to counter and defeat that information campaign, a tv and radio anchor from Russia's VGTRK broadcaster, Anna Shafran, said at the same press conference.
"We understand that the who owns the information owns the world. And the worst thing today is the information virus. We need a serious strategy. The time of tactics and quick answers has run out. We need a serious information security strategy," she said.
Shafran noted that the responsibility for the information environment is the heaviest one in this day and age.
