[Foreign Policy] Integrity Initiative, the Institute for Statecraft and the Skripal narrative

Leaked documents show that the British government has created a network to influence public discourse and policy makers. To execute this the Institute for Statecraft has founded the Integrity Initiative. The plan is to build clusters of well-informed people from the political, military, academic, journalistic and think tank clusters. According to the documents there are clusters in Germany, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Serbia and Spain which should inform the decision-makers about the events.

Recently published documents now show how the case of the former Russian spy Skripal should be exploited. The reactions due to the attack on Skripal against Russia is not new. Among the new documents is a detailed script with a narrative to blame Russia and demands on how to damage to Russia. After that Russia commenced a brutal attack as with Litvinenko in 2006 to protect the Putin administration and its wealth acquired through corruption. That's why it was suggested to boycott the Football World Cup as well as Putin officials, to exclude Russia from the SWIFT payment system and to prevent the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The dismissal of Russian diplomats and the disturbance of the Russian stations RT and Sputnik are also included in the narrative and are already been carried out. In addition British Muslims are to be raised against Russia because of the situation of Muslims on the Crimean peninsula. [2]
Engage with British Muslims to publicise what has been happening with their Muslim brethren in Crimea since the Russian invasion [2]
The so-called Project Iris was apparently also introduced. It analyzed how the case was reported in the mainstream and social media and where there are shortcomings in anti-Russian reporting. [3]
This report aims to provide an initial analysis of mainstream and social media reporting as it developed, following the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 4th March 2018. [3,S.3]
There was also an attempt to bring together the Skripal narrative with allegations of the gas attacks in Douma and Ghouta. For this the White-Helmets should be presented positively and the allegations against them should be portrayed as Russian propaganda. [4]
This e-mail focussed on the Russian disinforma4on campaigns surrounding the chemical attack in Douma, subsequent military acton, the Salisbury incident and the subsequent investgaton. It is not intended to cover Russian responses as a whole but deliberate distor4ons and obfusca4on of the facts by the Russian state and its proxies. Please use as background for your own work and only share it with trusted colleagues and partners. [4,S.1]
A report of October 12, 2016 between ex-General Richard Barrons and the co-founder of the Institute of Statecraft Christoph Donelly shows that the situation has potential for conflict. According to it both have discussed the condition of the defense and security forces in the United Kingdom and NATO and consiered them as catastrophic. Russia and China are seen as the great enemies against which there is no military advantage. The military has too little money, the material is not good and the staff is not ready to fight. [5]
It is very important not to be lulled into a false sense of security. The West no longer has a military edge on Russia. There are challenges to National security and defence we cannot now counter. The UK homeland can now be held at risk at no notice, by Russian cyber and missiles etc for the first time in the past 30 years. [5,S.2]
Meanwhile Labor MP Chris Williamson is seeking clarification. He sees the Integrity Initiative as a repetition of the CIA operation Mockingbird. In Operation Mockingbird in the early 1950s and the hight of the Cold War journalists were won over to influence the public through reporting. [6]

[1] Leaks https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-4/
[2] Sergei Skripal Affair: What if Russia is Responsible?
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/13/sergei-skripal-affair-ii-response-110318/sergei-skripal-affair-ii-response-110318.pdf
[3] Mainstream and Social Media Analysis following Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/28/110418---op-iris---report/110418---op-iris---report.pdf
[4] [EXTERNAL]FCO Disinformation update: Salisbury and Syria
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/28/salisbury-and-syria-8/salisbury-and-syria-8.pdf
[5] Private discussion with Gen Sir Richard Barrons
https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/12/28/richard-barrons-oct-2016/richard-barrons-oct-2016.pdf
[6] The chilling manipulations of the Institute for Statecraft are straight out of the cold war playbook 2019-01-02
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/chilling-manipulations-institute-statecraft-are-straight-out-cold-war-playbook

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