Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedM. Gessen: belief
14 Aug 2019 Conversations with Tyler M. Gessen on the Ins and Outs of Russia
“I think that the effect, and the desired effect, would be total informational isolation of the Russian public.”
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- M. Gessen
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- belief
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- 14 Aug 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Suppose tensions rise substantially between Russia and the West, perhaps to the level of open military conflict. Is it more likely that Russia cuts off Western access to networks or vice versa? And would you predict it’s because of cybersecurity and hacking or more because of access to these political organizations and journalistic information? Right. I think that Russia is very likely to cordon off its internet. I think that the pretext would be cybersecurity, which may not be quite so much of a pretext. I think that the effect, and the desired effect, would be total informational isolation of the Russian public. Next question. Yes, way in the back. While the mic is going, my quick question: if you were advising a hedge fund as to what they could learn from training of talent in the world of Soviet mathematics, what would you tell them?…
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