Moscow university trains Russian military intelligence agents and hackers

lalibre.be (French)

A secret university department in Moscow trains future Russian military intelligence agents and hackers. Investigative journalists analyzed 2,000 documents revealing "Department No. 4" at Bauman University offers courses in hacking, virus creation, and propaganda. Graduates are equipped for careers in military intelligence. The curriculum includes "experimental psychology" and propaganda video creation, with content portraying Ukraine as seeking nuclear weapons and the West as hostile. This reflects a militarization of education amid hybrid warfare.


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