{"id":2223185,"date":"2024-04-17T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-russian-document-reveals-plan-to-target-u-s-with-offensive-information-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:47:09","slug":"secret-russian-document-reveals-plan-to-target-u-s-with-offensive-information-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-russian-document-reveals-plan-to-target-u-s-with-offensive-information-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential Russian Report Unveils Strategy for a &#8216;Offensive Information Campaign&#8217; Against the U.S"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-russian-document-reveals-plan-to-target-u-s-with-offensive-information-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Russian Foreign \u2064Ministry devised a secret plan\u2062 for\u200c an \u200caggressive &#8220;information \u2062campaign&#8221; against the U.S. and the West, revealed in an April 11, 2023 document. The document reflects a more\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyonce-rewrites-lyrics-of-dolly-parton-classic-jolene-for-new-country-album\/\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 puts her touch on Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' for upcoming country album\">confrontational tone compared<\/a> to Russia&#8217;s official\u200c foreign policy\u200c stance, aiming\u200d to exploit\u2062 vulnerabilities\u200c in the West&#8217;s policies.\u200c This campaign includes fabricated news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a>, and political manipulation tactics, influencing some factions \u2062in American politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">A secret plan to undermine the U.S. and The West with an \u201coffensive information campaign\u201d was drawn up by Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry and now has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The April 11, 2023 document uses much more harsh language regarding Russia\u2019s relations with the West than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid.ru\/ru\/detail-material-page\/1860586\/?lang=ru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation<\/a>, approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin only 12 days before. The March document calls for \u201cthe democratization of international relations,\u201d \u201csovereign equality\u201d and states that \u201cRussia does not consider itself an enemy of the West \u2026 and has no ill intentions toward it,\u201d adding that Russia hoped the West would \u201crealize the lack of any future in its confrontational policy and hegemonistic ambitions, and will accept the complicated realities of the multipolar world,\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the April 2023 secret document utilizes harsher rhetoric, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/04\/17\/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> reports, writing, \u201cWe need to continue adjusting our approach to relations with unfriendly states. It\u2019s important to create a mechanism for finding the vulnerable points of their external and internal policies with the aim of developing practical steps to weaken Russia\u2019s opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/04\/08\/russia-propaganda-us-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> last week, \u201cIn an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence<strong> <\/strong>congressional and other political debates to stoke anti-Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-rapper-lil-baby-fatally-shot-in-late-june-2021\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Was Rapper Lil Baby Fatally Shot In Late June 2021?\">fabricated news articles<\/a>, social media posts and comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the United States\u2019 border security<strong> <\/strong>and attempt to amplify U.S. economic and racial tensions \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) said that a portion of the Republican Party\u2019s base has bought into Russian propaganda thanks to what they described as \u201cconspiracy theory outlets\u201d and \u201cnighttime entertainment shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview with Puck News, McCaul said, \u201cI think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it\u2019s infected a good chunk of my party\u2019s base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCaul said that the source of a lot of the propaganda has been \u201csome more nighttime entertainment shows that seem to spin, like, I see the Russian propaganda in some of it \u2014 and it\u2019s almost identical [to what they\u2019re saying on Russian state television] \u2014 on our airwaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey have the same problem in Europe. I mean, Russia\u2019s been very effective at that,\u201d he continued. \u201cThese people that read various conspiracy theory outlets that are just not accurate, and they actually model Russian propaganda. And I have to explain to them, \u2018You\u2019re actually a victim of Russian propaganda, and what you\u2019re saying, you\u2019re spreading Russian [propaganda].\u2019 [And they respond,] \u2018Oh, no I\u2019m not.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turner was asked about McCaul\u2019s comments during a Sunday interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d with Jake Tapper, specifically if he thought McCaul was correct and if it was a big problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOh, it is absolutely true,\u201d Turner responded. \u201cWe see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI mean, there are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which, of course, it is not, Vladimir Putin having made it very clear, both publicly and to his own population, that his view is that this is a conflict of a much broader claim of Russia to Eastern Europe, including claiming all of Ukraine territory as Russia\u2019s,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as an authoritarian-versus-democracy battle, which is what it is. President Xi of China, Vladimir Putin himself have identified it as such. We need to stand up for democracy. We need to make certain that we know that authoritarian regimes never stop when they start an aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-republican-committee-chair-russian-propaganda-has-infiltrated-chunk-of-gop-base\">House Republican Committee Chair: \u2018Russian Propaganda\u2019 Has Infiltrated Chunk Of GOP Base<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry crafted a covert strategy for an &#8220;offensive information campaign&#8221; targeting the U.S. and the West. 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