BC RUSSIA
Saved by @Alex1Powell

NEW: Several months ago I obtained a tranche of secret Russian military intelligence (GRU) files on psychological warfare. These documents are dated from within the decade and @4freerussia_org has translated them all. https://t.co/ajFhgFMgZv

 Two of the documents are lectures delivered by GRU faculty specialists at Russia's Military University (not to be confused with the Military-Diplomatic Academy).

One lecture is a kind of order of battle, explaining how psyops are organized, planned...
... and executed by the GRU, right down to the company levels of each branch of the Russian Armed Forces.

Another lecture explains how to study and attack targets in the West as well as the proper means of interrogating prisoners of war. https://t.co/s8ARSqFWor
We even have a set of exam questions put to the cadets at the Military University and a definition of terms used in the university's coursework -- fun for the whole family!
Finally, we've got an unpublished (well, unpublished until now) memoir by Col. Aleksandr Viktorovich Golyev, once an officer in the Special Propaganda Directorate of GLAVPUR, or the Main Political Department of the Soviet military.
Golyev spent the last years of the Cold War conducting active measures to suppress anti-Communist protest movements in East Germany, Poland and Lithuania.
He writes of how, for instance, he stood up fake loyalist newspaper (printed in Minsk) to counter Lithuanians' push for independence.
Golyev also recalls his manufacture of anti-Chechen propaganda films in the mid-90s (“Dogs of War” and “Werewolves"), which were exhibited to NATO countries by SVR officers stationed abroad, including the future defector Sergei Tretyakov.
Most revealing, however, is what Golyev explains happened to the Special Propaganda Directorate after the collapse of the USSR.
It was transferred, he says, as to the GRU --to the 2nd floor of "the Aquarium," as GRU HQ is known, to be exact, and rebranded Unit 54777. As @AndreiSoldatov and I explain in our introduction to Aquarium Leaks, Unit 54777 has waged a number of recent psychological operations.
One was a concerted information campaign in 2014 advocating Russia's takeover of Crimea -- *before* Putin invaded and annexed the Ukrainian peninsula.
The incorporation of the Special Propaganda Directorate into the GRU had another lasting impact in psywar.
Whereas the directorate had previously been used an influence or manipulation weapon of wartime, once it fell under the remit of a full-time intelligence service (recruiting and running spies, etc.) it became a weapon of peacetime, too.
One GRU lecturer candidly states the fact: there really is no philosophical distinction anymore between war and peace, only differences at the strategic and operational levels. Psychological operations are therefore *constantly* waged against the West. And then there is this:
In peacetime, we are told, any and all organs of the Russian state as well "civic and religious organizations" can be instrumentalized by the GRU for the prosecution of psywar.
You don't say! As the Washington Post reported a few years ago, Unit 54777 has created cut-out organizations ostensibly dedicated to fostering Moscow's so-called "compatriots policy." One of these is Institute of the Russian Diaspora. https://t.co/uucNLuFC28
The Institute of the Russian Diaspora manages the websites of other likeminded organizations such as the Foundation for Supporting and Protecting the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad, which Putin singled out in 2018 for its “legal aid” work in 20 countries...
... including Syria, Yemen and Libya, as well as its “courses for young human rights advocates.” 😀
If you prefer to read the documents in their original language, here's our report in Russian: https://t.co/oKtK9qTOUP

You May Also Like

Sumit Grrg
Sumit Grrg
@sumitgrrg
These 10 threads will teach you more than reading 100 books

Five billionaires share their top lessons on startups, life and entrepreneurship (1/10)


10 competitive advantages that will trump talent (2/10)


Some harsh truths you probably don’t want to hear (3/10)


10 significant lies you’re told about the world (4/10)
ALL , MOTIVATION , BOOKS
Anu Satheesh
Anu Satheesh
@AnuSatheesh5
Beautiful story of Shri Krishna, Mata Rukmini & Satyabhama which teaches the importance of Bhakthi.
Devotion is important than anything.
#bhakthi
🕉
Satyabhama, royal princess was very proud of herself. Rukmini was very humble, her devotion was pure to Shri Krishna.


One day, Rishi Narada( Kalahapriya) arrived in Dwaraka and met Sathyabhama. In between the conversation he hinted that Krishna exhibits affection more to Rukmini than her. Worried Sathyabhama asked what can should be done to gain Krishna's undivided attention.
@SriramKannan77


Narada asked Satyabhama to make a vow, that she will hand over Krishna to him as a slave, if she cannot trade wealth equivalent to Krishna's weight. Narada thus convinces Sathyabhama that Krishna will admire her for sacrificing all her wealth for him.


Sathyabhama was sure that she have enough wealth to balance Krishna.

She went to Krishna and told about her vow to Narada. Krishna patiently listened to her and accepted the challenge. Satyabhama arranged to bring large scales to weigh and brought all her precious jewels.


Krishna patiently sat on one plate of the Scales (tula). Sathyabhama started piling up the gold, jewels on the other plate. She kept adding more and more wealth, but the pan with Krishna did not even budge. Even after keeping all her jewels the scale did not move a little
RELIGION
Advertisement
\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0924\u0947\u0936 \u0905\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925\u0940
श्रीमाली हितेश अवस्थी...
@HiteshAwasthi89
Stambheshwar Mahadev Temple, Kavi Kamboi, Bharuch, Gujarat

Stambheshwar Mahadev is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva, located in Kavi Kamboi in Bharuch District District of Gujarat, India. The Temple is about 150 years old. 1/n


The Temple is also known as the Submerging temple. The Temple is flanked by the Arabian Sea on one side and the Bay of Cambay on the other side.

As per legend, Tarakasura troubled the common people, sages and devas a lot. 2/n


Hence, Bhagwan Kartikeya k!lled him, but later he felt guilty for killing a demon who was a great devotee of Shiva. He went to Prabhu Vishnu and told about his guilty. Bhagwan Vishnu advised him to install a Shiva Linga to get relief from the sin. 3/n


As advised, he installed the Shiva Linga in this place and prayed to Bhagwan Shiva to forgive his sin.
The temple is located in Kavi Kamboi between the shores of Bay of Cambay and the Arabian Sea. This Temple is very simple temple in terms of architecture. 4/n


Every day, during the high tide hours, the temple submerges, and when the tide level becomes normal, the temple reappears again. The Temple houses a 4 feet high Shiva lingam. The Lingam can be seen during low tide. The visit to the temple should be planned in such a way that..5/n
ALL
Vibhu Vashisth
Vibhu Vashisth
@VIBHU_Tweet
IT WAS RISHI KANADA WHO GAVE THE ATOMIC THEORY & TALKED ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF EARTH, 2600 YEARS BEFORE AN APPLE FELL IN FRONT OF NEWTON'S EYES:

Scientists of the modern world credit an English scientist John Dalton (1766 CE -1844 CE) for the Atomic Theory.


And this is because, most of us are not even aware of an ancient Indian Sage named Kanada, who was the first to formulate the theory of atoms, almost 2600 yrs before Dalton and talk about earth's gravity.


Rishi Kanada was born around 600 BCE in Dwarka, Gujarat and he was the son of a philosopher named Ulka. He was fascinated with the minute detailing of the things right from his childhood. Once, when he was very young, he accompanied his father on a journey to Prayaga.


He saw plentiful grains scattered along the path leading to the shore of river Ganga. It's a tradition in Hindu families to scatter the grains for the ants and birds to feed on them. Suddenly, an ant caught his attention, who was feeding on a rice grain.


He was mesmerised by this very fact that how a small grain of rice becomes food for the ant but to satisfy the hunger of a person so many grains are needed together. This incidence made him realize the importance of a single grain of rice.
ALL
Janmajit Sinha
Janmajit Sinha
@Impregnable007
#Thread - 1/21

A story of a brave woman who let her "breast" cut to protect the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose!

Neera Arya was born on March 5 1902 in Khekra Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in a distinguished & eminent businessman Seth Chhajumal's family. Since her childhood,


2/21
She was a true nationalist & always had a vision of becoming a part of the freedom fighter movement. She was also reportedly accused as an undercover by the British Govt.

That was the time when her father's business was flourishing in Calcutta, though his business was..

3/21
spread across the country but Calcutta was the center of his business and that was one of the reasons why her education was done in Calcutta. During that period of time, she had learned quite a few languages along with Bengali, Hindi, English.

4/21
Her father got her married to a CID Inspector "Shrikant Jairanjan Das" in British India but they were two different individuals, Neera Arya was a true nationalist but her husband was a true British servant. She was highly motivated & she had an urge of getting us freedom..

5/21
so she ended up joining the Jhansi Regiment in Azad Hind Fauz after the marriage. It was the regiment that the British always accused them of spying on British Govt.

It was the time when Neera's husband Jairanjan Das was given the responsibility to spy on Netaji Subhash..
CULTURE