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Exam Questions for Cadets Studying Psychological Warfare at the Russian Military Institute

These are a set of actual exam questions posed to the cadets at the Russian Military Institute who attended the foregoing lecture on the GRU’s organization of psychological operations.

1. Who approves the Psywar Plan?

Commanding officer (chief of staff).

2. Which official is responsible for the organization of psywar?

Chief of intelligence/deputy chief of staff.

3. Cite the chief forms of psywar plans.

Ongoing and prospective.

4. With which interested ministries (agencies) is cooperation organized on questions of organization of psywar?

• Interior Ministry (MVD) – camps for prisoners of war, displaced persons;

• Federal Security Service (FSB) – return and release, border troops;

• Ministry of Print, All‐Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) (Foreign Broadcasting), Ministry of Communications;

• Directorate (Department) of Military Counterintelligence.

  5. Which management body is responsible for the overall planning of the psy- war of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation?

Main Directorate for Intelligence of the General Staff (72nd Special Service Center).

6. What is a threat period?

Abrupt escalation of the situation.

7. Which bodies make assignments for combat orders for psywar, and to whom?

Management bodies (headquarters) of PSYOP military units.

8. What is the core of psywar management?

Focused activity of headquarters (management bodies) in supporting combat read- iness, planning and organization of the combat use, and daily activity of the Armed Forces.

9. What is the “graphic part of the psy- war plan”?

The map.

10. Name the basic attachments to the psywar plan.

Conclusions from assessment of the situation, deployment of forces and means, theses and arguments for psywar, enemy’s opposing grouping, main lines of information and

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psychological influence, [?] information and psychological warfare.

11. Who signs the Psywar Plan?

Chief of intelligence

12. Which management body is responsible for direct planning of psywar by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation?

Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (72nd Special Service Center).

13. With what directorates (departments) does headquarters organize co- operation on issues of organization of psywar?

• operations directorate (department);

• directorate (department) of head of communications troops;

• air force headquarters (long-range aviation, military transport aviation);

• directorate (department) of aviation of the front (army); headquarters of the rocket forces and artillery;

• directorate (department) of instruction; department (service) of radio-electronic warfare; headquarters of types of troops (forces); special troops; headquarters of the rear and armament; with the headquarters of adjacent (interactive) formations (groups).

  14. What levels are there for management of psywar?

• strategic (Armed Forces, types of Armed Forces);

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• operational (joint strategic command, joint command – district – army);

• tactical (group).

15. Which bodies make assignments un- der orders for psywar and to whom? Management bodies (headquarters) to sub- ordinate headquarters.

16. What source data is required for planning psywar?

• directive (instruction) from superior headquarters

• decision (order) of a commander (commanding officer)

• conclusions from assessment of the situation

  17. From what necessary components is the psywar plan combined? Map with explanatory note, attachments to the plan.

  18. What data are indicated in an ex-planatory note to a psywar plan? Purpose, tasks, targets, intent (whose order, by which forces), composition of the group of forces and means, basic questions of organization of cooperation and support, pro- cedure for communications (report).

  19. Which requirements are made of management?

  Persistence, continuity, responsiveness, discretion.

  20. What is the length of a threat period?

  There are no clear limits, up to several months.

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