Express.co.uk: Top Kremlin general issues war warning and calls for action

Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, said Washington had deployed a secret strategy to destabilise its enemies by sparking street protests and civil disobedience before launching military strikes. And the military chief Russia had to “respond to the threat by creating a threat”, suggesting cyber-attacks could provide “the possibility of remote, hidden influence”. In his annual speech about Russia’s military strategy to Kremlin defence chiefs he said: “Information technologies are becoming some of the most promising weapons.”