Routledge Handbook of Media & Intelligence is available for pre-order.

I contributed a chapter "A Century of #Chekist Public Relations: Four Case Studies."

Read about the Red Book of #Cheka & other Soviet/Russian PR ops to shape the hearts & minds in the last 100 years @socintelhist.bsky.social

The connection between rising prices, increasing suspicion, and the crackdown on regular, fun activities and Putin's invasion of Ukraine not made. #doh
Nobody quite saying #Chekist but some pointing in that direction.
#RussiaBackInTheUSSR

Felix Dzerzhinsky ("Iron Felix") was born 11 September 1877 (new calendar).

#Dzerzhinsky #Cheka #Chekist #Lubyanka #Soviet #Bolshevik #Revolution #SecurityService #NKVD #KGB #GPU #OGPU

If anyone is shocked by this, you’ve been MIA for the past 26 years or so. They called Trump’s bluff because they have him compromised and he knows it. Is the whole #Krasnov thing really a #disinformation strategy by a #Chekist to erode #AmericanSociety? Possibly… but it’s also potentially true.

Fucking IDIOTS! He is PLAYING YOU like the #Chekist he is!

Ah yes, #Dubinin. Once a #Chekist always a #Chekist. Most Soviet “diplomats” were actually undercover spies and had direct connections to the #KGB. This should have come to light years ago. This is the Kompromat and financial leverage Putin has over him. This was engineered over the long run.