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An integral part of this war of ideology is ideological subversion - the process of changing the perception of reality in the minds of millions of peoples all over the world. The real driving force of this war of aggression is ideology - something you cannot eat, wear or store for a “rainy day”. If at all, these aspirations are being used and taken advantage of by the manipulators and progenitors of the war. The driving force of this war has very little to do with natural aspirations of people for better lives and greater freedoms. Far from publishing the news, or even necessarily disinformation, the KGB and Novosti waged war with a process called “ ideological subversion:” It is after public opinion.īezmenov provides a first-hand account of the KGB’s methods from his work at their Novosti press agency. Why do you think KGB socializes with professors of political science? What kind of secrets we want from professor? We don’t want his secrets. Or, as KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov said in his 1985 publication: However, its aim is less to further cultural understanding across borders, one of the pillars of liberal democracy, and more to use culture and ideas as tools to divide and rule, incite, corrupt and co-opt. Putin’s Russia cares very much about ideas - funding and engaging with intellectual influencers, think tanks, political parties, and religious and social movements across the world. Pomerantsev and Weiss write of the Kremlin’s “weaponization of culture and ideas” in their 2014 paper: The KGB has long considered ideas and public opinion as a theater of war, and this continues today.