Influencers at the Gate: The Role of Influencers in Russian Info & Influence Ops

In this episode, your host, Marcus Kolga, travels to Tallin Estonia where he meets with leading global expert on Russian influence and information operations, Molly McKew, to talk about the role of domestic US and Canadian influencers in those operations, their impact on our society, and about those nations that have successfully challenged them, like Estonia.

What is Active Measures?

Welcome to the Active Measures podcast from Disinfowatch and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, hosted by Marcus Kolga. Over five episodes we will look at the history of Russia's information and influence operations, how they've evolved since the Cold War and their rapid intensification over the past decade, their efforts to undermine our democracies and distort our understanding of Russia's war against Ukraine, and the Kremlin's attacks against those who are critical of it. We'll talk to the brave activists and journalists who are on the front-line defending the democratic world and our collective cognitive sovereignty against Russia's information warfare.