kompromat
Leverage through secrets
Kompromat is a Russian term for compromising material used for blackmail or to damage someone's reputation, often in political contexts.
Coercion through damaging threats
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- dossierFile of personal information
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
asset · handler · operative · tradecraft · mole · defector · Kremlin · covert
Disgraceful public affair
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- opponentOne who contends against
- electionOrganized public voting
- smearSpread or defame
leak · exposure · allegation · damaging · campaign · dirt · opposition · research
Russian authoritarian leader
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- SovietOf the USSR
- perestroikaSoviet reform initiative
apparatus · regime · Moscow · dissident · Steele · collusion · interference · troll farm
Captured audio or video
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- photographImage from a camera
- documentWritten or electronic file
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
evidence · file · footage · transcript · email · audio · wiretap · surveillance
blackmail
Coercion through damaging threats
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- dossierFile of personal information
leverage · asset · handler · operative · tradecraft · mole · defector · Kremlin · covert · surveillance
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- opponentOne who contends against
- electionOrganized public voting
smear · leak · exposure · allegation · damaging · campaign · dirt · opposition · research · whistleblower
Putin
Russian authoritarian leader
perestroika · apparatus · regime · Moscow · dissident · Steele · collusion · interference · troll farm · disinformation
recording
Captured audio or video
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- photographImage from a camera
- documentWritten or electronic file
tape · evidence · file · footage · transcript · email · audio · wiretap · surveillance · proof
- disinformationdisinformation, misinformation, misinformation campaigns, fake news, propaganda
- election fraudelection fraud, voter fraud, ballot stuffing, ballot tampering, vote rigging
- smear tacticssmear, smear campaign, mudslinging, attack ads, hit piece
kompromatclean record
Absence of prior offenses
exoneration · vindication · exculpatory evidence · commendation · testimonial
kompromatsoft power
Influence through appeal
moral suasion · earned trust · mutual respect · consent · open dialogue
kompromatfull disclosure
Withholding no information
transparency · open book · public record · clean conscience · nothing to hide