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983:"Kompromat," says David Filipov, "means 'compromising material' that can be used down the road as leverage over somebody. "This was something former KGB officers were telling us here," adds Filipov, "they're not necessarily targeting you. You show up and they say, let's just see what this guy does. So they'll record you, they'll do surveillance, see what you're up to. Some stuff gets in a file and maybe they can use it, maybe they can't use it. 264:
differs from opposition research, in that such information is used to exert influence over people rather than to simply win elections. Nevertheless, compromising material uncovered by opposition research need not be used in only legal or ethical ways. It can be used to exert influence over Western
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In other recent cases, Russian operatives have been suspected or accused of placing child pornography on the personal computers of individuals they were attempting to discredit. Russian Vladimir Bukovsky, 73, a longtime critic of Soviet and Russian leaders, now lives in Britain, where he faces
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Kompromat has become a part of the political culture in Russia. Nearly everyone within Russia's business and political elite has at one time or another collected and stored potentially compromising material on their political opponents for future use. Kompromat can be real or fabricated, and
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does not necessarily target individuals or groups, but rather collects information that could be useful at a later time. Compromising videos are often produced long in advance of when leverage over people is needed.
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for "prohibited images" found on his computer; however, the case against Bukovsky was put on hold as investigators tried to determine whether the pornographic images were planted. Bukovsky died in October 2019.
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were involved in a sex scandal with a woman claimed to have acted as a Kremlin honey trap to discredit opposition figures. The video was released only two days before the wedding of Shenderovich's daughter.
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is part of the political culture in Russia, with many members of the business and political elite having collected and stored potentially compromising material on their political opponents.
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charges related to child pornography. But the case was delayed while investigators checked to see whether the images on Bukovsky's computer were placed there by an outside party,
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believed that "General Flynn was compromised," and placed Flynn in "a situation where the national-security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the Russians."
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is conducted in the U.S. to find compromising material on political opponents so that such material may be released to weaken those opponents. Some contend that
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on the extent of those contacts placing him in a position vulnerable to blackmail. According to congressional testimony delivered by former Acting
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generally involves drugs, prostitutes, sexual escapades, sleazy business deals, illicit financial schemes, or embezzlement.
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is damaging information about a politician, a businessperson, or other public figure, which may be used to
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featured doctored photographs, planted drugs, grainy videos of liaisons with prostitutes hired by the
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campaign to remove him from this position, has claimed that the Russian government has acquired
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on the personal computers of individuals they were attempting to discredit. In 2015, the UK's
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that stands the test of time is that the compromising information is often sexual in nature.
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during the early 21st century, Russian operatives have been suspected or accused of placing
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Choy, James P. (2020). "Kompromat: A theory of blackmail as a system of governance".
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leaders just as surely as it can be used to exert influence over Russian leaders.
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Following a 2016 phone call between incoming-U.S. National Security Adviser
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were published in a newspaper. In 1999, a video aired with a man resembling
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in Britain at the time. During a 1957 visit to Moscow, American journalist
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Vladimir Bukovsky, Revered Soviet Dissident and Putin Critic, Dies at 76
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after photographs of him with prostitutes in a sauna controlled by the
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in bed with two women that later would lead to his dismissal as
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also fell victim to a gay honey trap operation conducted by the
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Index

Kompromat (film)
Russian
Romanization
IPA
[kΙ™mprɐˈmat]
create negative publicity
blackmail
extortion
security services
public relations
politics of Russia
post-Soviet states
NKVD
Stalin era
Russian
romanized
KGB
cybercrime
Opposition research
British civil servant
John Vassall
honey trap
homosexuality was illegal
Joseph Alsop
KGB
Valentin Kovalyov
Russian Minister of Justice
Solntsevskaya Bratva
crime organization
Yury Skuratov

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