Active measures

Active measures
Lubyanka Building, the headquarters of KGB and later FSB
Russianактивные мероприятия
Romanizationaktivnye meropriyatiya
IPA[ɐkˈtʲivnɨje mʲɪrəprʲɪˈjætʲɪjə]

Active measures (Russian: активные мероприятия, romanizedaktivnye meropriyatiya) is a term used to describe political warfare conducted by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. The term, which dates back to the 1920s, includes operations such as espionage, propaganda, sabotage and assassination, based on foreign policy objectives of the Soviet and Russian governments.[1][2][3] Active measures have continued to be used by the administration of Vladimir Putin.[4][5]

  1. ^ Darczewska, Jolanta & Żochowski, Piotr (June 2017). "Active Measures: Russia's key export". Point of View (64). OSW. ISBN 978-83-65827-03-6. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. ^ Testimony of Alexander, Gen. (ret.) Keith B. (30 March 2017). "Disinformation: A Primer in Russian Active Measures and Influence Campaigns" (PDF). United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ Mitrokhin, Vasili; Andrew, Christopher (2000). The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-028487-7. google books. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ Abrams, Steve (2016). "Beyond Propaganda: Soviet Active Measures in Putin's Russia". Connections. 15 (1): 5–31. doi:10.11610/Connections.15.1.01. ISSN 1812-1098. JSTOR 26326426.
  5. ^ Bertelsen, Olga, ed. (March 2021). Russian Active Measures: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. ibidem Press. ISBN 978-3-83821-529-7. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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