Hackers from the Anonymous group published a new batch of leaked documents on the activities of the UK state-funded Integrity Initiative project in Armenia, including a list of disloyal journalists, publications timetable, contacts’ list, and payment documents, RIA Novosti reported.
The group published documents and invoices, which it claims are the evidence showing that the Integrity Initiative project carries out analysis of the activities of the UK opposition Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn, as well as the RT broadcaster, with the use of UK taxpayers’ money.
The documents, particularly, concern the coverage of the Salisbury poisoning incident and the situation in the Middle East, namely in Syria. The UK Foreign Office has recognized the authenticity of the documents, which were released by Anonymous last year, concerning London’s interference in EU countries’ affairs and waging an information war against Russia. The documents include reports on RT’s activities and invoices for writing them for Integrity Initiative.
The documents, revealed by Anonymous, include a timetable of activities of the Institute for Statecraft, which funds Integrity Initiative, for March-June 2016, including a list of media publications on Russia and its alleged negative role in the world. The batch also featured an article by a researcher, Eduard Abrahamyan, on the recent protests in Armenia, called “Moscow Worries Armenian ‘Velvet Revolution’ Could Lessen Its Leverage Over Yerevan.”
The hackers also published an invoice for the payment of 250 pounds (US$329) to this researcher, which reads that he has “briefed the audience about the ongoing dynamics of Armenia’s domestic and foreign policy.”
The Production Timetable of the Institute for Statecraft, published by the hackers, includes “eight complaints forwarded to [UK media watchdog] Ofcom on RT’s failure to ensure due impartiality with request to launch a formal investigation.”
One of the documents, released by Anonymous, is a report on the coverage of the recent protests in Armenia, showing that the Integrity Initiative’s staff emphasized Russia’s alleged negative role in them. Moreover, comments and examples of the publications include their criticism toward journalists who covered the protests from the pro-Russian point of view.
The hackers also leaked a list of “activists in Armenia that contribute Russian interests, propaganding and promoting Russia’s official posture and intensions, meantime positioning themselves as ‘analysts’, ‘experts’, ‘politics’.”
The hacktivist group published the first batch of documents on the activities of the Integrity Initiative project in November 2018. The hacktivist group described the program as a “large-scale information secret service” created by London to “counteract Russian propaganda.”
According to the hackers, the program of the Institute for Statecraft has not been renewed since 2017 while there was no information on its employees and contact details in the public domain. The source code of its online publications allows assuming that they have been issued automatically, according to the hackers.
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