divisions in the guise of democracy promotion only lead to internal disorder, societal conflict and the loss of the southern integrity of the state. the fact that hillary clinton encouraged russian democracy protesters at this sensitive moment branded her forever an arch enemy in the eyes of the kremlin elite. a year later in 2013, the chief of staff of the russian armed forces wrote an article suggesting that russia's key strategic challenge was responding to the understood lying dynamics of the arab springs. he advocated that russia better understanded and developed the non-military asymmetrical methods and use of internal opposition so as to cripple an enemy society. moscow has made information and