Digital infrastructure and semantic lines of information warfare

The article examines the role of new media in the information war of Western countries and Ukraine against the Russian Federation. It is emphasized that social networks have wide possibilities of manipulating information. Under these conditions, the Russian state actively resists the impact of destructive information. However, this struggle is taking place in difficult conditions in which Western Internet platforms have a controlling stake in Runet. The structure of foreign networks carrying out coordinated information attacks against Russia and the algorithm of their management are analyzed. The strategies of Russia's counteraction to the information onslaught of Western states are given.