Definitions for active measures
ac·tive mea·sures

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1. Active measures

   Active measures was a Soviet term for the actions of political warfare conducted by the Soviet security services to influence the course of world events, "in addition to collecting intelligence and producing politically correct assessment of it". Active measures ranged "from media manipulations to special actions involving various degrees of violence". They were used both abroad and domestically. They included disinformation, propaganda, counterfeiting official documents, assassinations, and political repression, such as penetration in churches, and persecution of political dissidents. Active measures included the establishment and support of international front organizations; foreign communist, socialist and opposition parties; wars of national liberation in the Third World; and underground, revolutionary, insurgency, criminal, and terrorist groups. The intelligence agencies of Eastern Bloc states also contributed to the program, providing operatives and intelligence for assassinations and other types of covert operations. Retired KGB Maj. Gen.

How to pronounce active measures?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say active measures in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of active measures in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of active measures in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of active measures in a Sentence

1. Clint Watts:

   The single most important source of political information was links to unverified WikiLeaks stories. We believe there was automation pushing those links around but that is our next research project. part of the reason active measures worked in the U.S. election is because the commander in chief used Russian active measures at times against his opponents.

2. Tony Wilson:

   Now we need to start focusing more on active measures to help people take up the jobs that are available, rather than passive measures that pay people not to work.

3. Larry Pratt:

   It's for restraining tyrannical tendencies in government, if need be, by active measures.

4. Thomas Rid:

   This Iranian active measures campaign shows that third-party adversaries have learned a lesson from 2016, disinformation works, and This Iranian active measures campaign works best when combining social media with old-school local newspaper outreach, whether this lesson is accurate is another question.

References

1. ^ Wikidata
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