Russia’s war machine is serviced by a vast criminal network. We have to build our own networks, fusing the flexibility of open source researchers, anti-corruption activists, media, business, treasury departments and frontline states’ special forces. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In tackling Vladimir Putin’s web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy | Peter Pomarantsev

By focusing on its strengths and pooling information, the west can disrupt Russia’s war machine – but there’s no time to lose

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Democracies have a much richer pool of partners to tap into than dictatorships, which by definition operate in a more closed and dirigiste way. The trick will be to get the democratic swarm to focus its strengths together – something dictatorships are better at.