London Creating Branch Network To Counter 'Russian Disinformation' In EU, US - Anonymous

The UK state-funded Integrity Initiative project, engaged in information campaigns targeting Russia, is creating a branch network in states that used to be part of the Soviet Union and in European states, and also suggests to the UK government to create branches in the United States, according to the documents that the Anonymous hacktivist group released late on Friday

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th January, 2019) The UK state-funded Integrity Initiative project, engaged in information campaigns targeting Russia, is creating a branch network in states that used to be part of the Soviet Union and in European states, and also suggests to the UK government to create branches in the United States, according to the documents that the Anonymous hacktivist group released late on Friday.

According to one of the documents, the Integrity Initiative project, intending to "track, expose and counter the increasing current of Russian malign influence and disinformation throughout the West", plans to open new clusters for disseminating information on "growing problem from Russia" in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The clusters will be tasked to help the general public to "understand better" the alleged threat coming from Russia via providing information, including through social media.

Such clusters already operate in France, Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Malta, and Jordan, and unite governmental officials, scientists, and representatives of the media.

The Integrity Initiative also cooperates with a range of international organizations, including the European Union and NATO, on this matter.

It also plans to expand activities in the United States in order to "contribute to changing the attitude towards Russian malign influence and disinformation by enriching the public discourse with facts about Russian malign behaviour."

For this purpose, the Integrity Initiative's Institute for Spacecraft will open an office in Washington, and the project will also establish centers in other major cities across the United States.

Russia has repeatedly denied all accusations of meddling into any state's internal affairs. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Integrity Initiative's goal was to damage Russia's reputation.