MODERN INFORMATION WAR AND ITS SPECIFICS
The specifics of modern information war applied by leaders political actors are considered. The main methods are allocated: manipulation with consciousness, concealment of the facts, throw of information "garbage", crushing of information, derivation of attention, confusion of concepts and accents, reference to the nonexistent bases. It is proved that media - the main instrument of information war. The carried-out analysis allows to define some mechanisms directed to minimization of negative impact of information war with the help, both resources of the state, and other institutes of civil society.