Grigor Atanesian - Putin Believes the Digital Information Space is a Battlefield - That We're at war

GUEST: Grigor Atanesian - investigative journalist at the BBC.
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INTRO:
Vladimir Putin believes that the digital information space is a battlefield, yet we in the West are perhaps late to realise that fact. The rise of the internet in the 21st century has been accompanied by unprecedented levels of polarisation, division, and coercion. At the same time democracies are being hit by a huge range of different, and rapidly evolving hostile state activities. Not all of them have their origins in Russia, though clearly many do, and the scale of the threat is only likely to increase in future.

#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war
#disinformation #hybridwarfare #foreignpolicy #communism #sovietunion #ussr
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SPEAKER:
Grigor Atanesian is an investigative journalist with the BBC. He was producer for the “Trauma Zone” documentary series by Adam Curtis (BBC Film), and the Associate Producer for “Can't Get You Out of My Head” documentary series by Adam Curtis (BBC Film). As part of the team that created the unique and powerful 'Trauma Zone' BBC documentary, he was awarded a BAFTA for Specialist Factual programmes in 2023.
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LINKS:

Putin’s Influencers: The bloggers selling Russia’s War - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8tYjsFKFw

Russian pro-war influencers are generating big advertising revenues from their social media coverage of the conflict, the BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has found. Known in Russia as “Z Bloggers”, they spread fake news about the war by embedding with military units, sharing exclusive footage from the frontline, and calling upon young Russians to enlist in the army.

Graphics: Kako Abraham
Film Editor: Ismail Guluev
Narrator: Jack Goodman
Assistant Producers: Sucheera Maguire, Jake Tacchi
Editor: Juliana Gragnani
Executive Editor: Rebecca Skippage
Written & Produced by: Grigor Atanesian
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
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