ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to conceptualise Russian digital disinformation interference toward liberal democracies around the world. While this might be the case, we must also add a caveat that Russian digital disinformation and its hybrid threat strategies are still completely understood and therefore all can be identified. Contemporary Russian digital disinformation strategies are thoroughly different from those of its Cold War prototypes. The Russian Federation’s 1993 constitution states, ‘Freedom of the media is guaranteed. Numerous protests have taken place since the formation of the Russian Federation, but it is notably those over the last decade that have stipulated the most draconian measures and regulatory action. A significant component vis-a-vis the regulation of the internet in Russia is the internet blacklist that the Russian State Duma passed in 2012. The blacklist is administered by Roskomnadzor and the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia.
