Russia's Strategic and Tactical Narratives in Its War against Ukraine. CDI Dispatch No. 8

Russia is engaged in highly sophisticated malign influence campaigns targeting its own domestic audience - as well as audiences in Ukraine, the West and the Global South - with strategic and tactical propaganda and disinformation narratives. Anton Shekhovtsov discusses these narratives in the new episode of CDI Dispatches.

00:00 Introduction
00:48 What are strategic narratives?
01:15 What are tactical narratives?
01:48 Four major audiences targeted by Russian information warfare
03:10 Strategic narratives for the domestic audience
03:27 Tactical narratives for the domestic audience
05:14 Strategic narratives for Ukraine
05:26 Tactical narratives for Ukraine
06:08 Strategic narratives for the West
06:25 Tactical narratives for the West
07:48 Strategic narratives for the Global South
08:25 Tactical narratives for the Global South
09:39 Factors of efficiency of the Russian propaganda machine

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[kaloyanhristov]

Hello, nice analysis! In your opinion, what tools do we (the common citizens) have to battle those narratives?

[DavidEdell]

Thank you so much for developing your comprehensive understanding of Russian propaganda and presenting it in such a clear and concise manner. This information is highly valuable to all of us in fighting against disinformation and propaganda. For people who do not understand yet the power of propaganda and disinformation, I ask them to consider the election of Donald Trump and other like minded individuals in the US.

[youchrismelotube]

Great to have this structured logically, thank you. I am aware of most of the misinformation but find it a difficult subject to introduce to others. The way it's been organized here by audience and then strategic versus tactical I think will help me.

Do you think that western mass media is knowingly pushing untrue Kremlin narratives for profit? For example the Reuters-TASS history.

[SerghijBuzko]

Great framework to group all this sh*t. Thank you.

[nathanheng]

Great information. I'm always looking for good explanations of russian propaganda and how it works. I think simply making people aware of it's strategies and tactics makes it easier to spot "in the wild" and thus makes people more resistant to it.

[JoelFinkel]

Your Dispatch about Azov is particularly useful.