Glossary term
Active measures
Definition
The Soviet and Russian term for operations to shape another state’s politics — forgery, front organisations and placement, of which today’s online work is continuous.
See also
Kompromat
Compromising material held or released to coerce or discredit — genuine, fabricated or a mixture, which is what makes the release itself the operation.
Reflexive control
Shaping an adversary’s information environment so they choose, apparently freely, the action you want — the doctrinal frame behind much interference activity.
FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference)
The EU’s term for a mostly non-illegal but manipulative pattern of behaviour by a foreign state or its proxies that threatens values and processes, including elections.
Published September 22, 2026
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