Dedicated Russian thread

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Heard today that Russian propaganda is being "seeded" in the West which suggests that users of the Oxford vaccine will turn in to monkeys. As ridiculous as it sounds, the idea is to sow the seeds of doubt. Russia has huge hopes that their own vaccine will be a significant money earner. How much of it is their own research is a matter of debate. There were attempts to hack Western CV19 research projects.

Times investigation I heard on Sky News:

Russians spread fake news over Oxford coronavirus vaccine

A Russian disinformation campaign designed to undermine and spread fear about the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has been exposed by a Times investigation.Pictures, memes and video clips

www.thetimes.co.uk

Coronavirus: fake news factories churning out lies over ‘monkey’ vaccine

The messages are deliberately unsophisticated, laced with attempts at dark humour and calculated to spread fear, uncertainty and scepticism.A picture of Boris Johnson walking in Downing Street has

www.thetimes.co.uk

Huff Post if the Times link doesn’t work:

HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media

m.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

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Times investigation I heard on Sky News:

Russians spread fake news over Oxford coronavirus vaccine

A Russian disinformation campaign designed to undermine and spread fear about the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has been exposed by a Times investigation.Pictures, memes and video clips

www.thetimes.co.uk

Coronavirus: fake news factories churning out lies over ‘monkey’ vaccine

The messages are deliberately unsophisticated, laced with attempts at dark humour and calculated to spread fear, uncertainty and scepticism.A picture of Boris Johnson walking in Downing Street has

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Huff Post if the Times link doesn’t work:

HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media

m.huffingtonpost.co.uk

The second of three vaccines has been announced by Putin, who warned of a second wave. The third Russian vaccine is expected in December. Russia Approves 2nd Coronavirus Vaccine – Putin - The Moscow Times

Interesting: "Russia has cleared two antiviral drugs called remdesivir for coronavirus treatment after doctors used the drugs to treat U.S. President Donald Trump, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/15/russia-approves-remdesivir-coronavirus-drugs-used-in-trumps-treatment-a71758

Dogs are being recruited to sniff out Covid 19 in anticipation of a second wave in Russia. The same breed has been used to sniff out cancer. Russia Recruits Rare Dogs to Sniff Out Coronavirus as Second Wave Tightens Grip - The Moscow Times

 

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The second of three vaccines has been announced by Putin, who warned of a second wave. The third Russian vaccine is expected in December. Russia Approves 2nd Coronavirus Vaccine – Putin - The Moscow Times

Interesting: "Russia has cleared two antiviral drugs called remdesivir for coronavirus treatment after doctors used the drugs to treat U.S. President Donald Trump, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/15/russia-approves-remdesivir-coronavirus-drugs-used-in-trumps-treatment-a71758

Dogs are being recruited to sniff out Covid 19 in anticipation of a second wave in Russia. The same breed has been used to sniff out cancer. Russia Recruits Rare Dogs to Sniff Out Coronavirus as Second Wave Tightens Grip - The Moscow Times

I think the British trials have been ongoing for a while now. Helsinki airport apparently already use them:

Researchers are training dogs to sniff out COVID-19

Dogs have long shown an ability to tell when people are infected with certain illnesses—now they're being trained to the same for COVID-19.

time.com

 

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Thanks for that. Trenin’s assessment and views fit neatly alongside the “Muscovite Mindset” which I expand on and the “Moscow Rules” as outlined in Kier Giles’ excellent book on Russia.

Dmitri Trenin is nowadays a reliable barometer of leadership views. He used to be quite independent of thought (the more intellectual kind of well-travelled former GRU officer) but starting in about 2010-12, like many others, he either was had a word with or saw for himself which way the wind was blowing and wound his neck in, radically changing his publicly stated views on life, the universe and everything.

Which is only really a problem when he is presented, as often happens, as an "independent" analyst in Moscow because he's wearing a Carnegie badge.