Active measures
Term for the actions of political warfare conducted by the Soviet and Russian security services / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Active Measures (disambiguation).
Active measures (Russian: активные мероприятия, romanized: aktivnye 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]
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Russian | активные мероприятия |
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Romanization | aktivnye meropriyatiya |
IPA | [ɐkˈtʲivnɨje mʲɪrəprʲɪˈjætʲɪjə] |
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