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  • Russia's secret police have long meddled in Moscow politics, even coining the Russian word 'kompromat' - or compromising material - to describe potentially damaging information used for blackmail.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • "There is no political will to solve these cases now because many in power fear the disclosure of 'kompromat' [compromising information] and the potential political blacklist this can produce," said Taras Berezovets, who runs the Politech political consulting company, which has advised Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Kravchuk and Kuchma created a system that provided protection for political allies while the judicial system and "kompromat" were used to keep opponents in check or to eliminate them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • "There is no political will to solve these cases now because many in power fear the disclosure of 'kompromat' [compromising information] and the potential political blacklist this can produce," said Taras Berezovets, who runs the Politech political consulting company, which has advised Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • "There is no political will to solve these cases now because many in power fear the disclosure of 'kompromat' [compromising information] and the potential political blacklist this can produce," said Taras Berezovets, who runs the Politech political consulting company, which has advised Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Kravchuk and Kuchma created a system that provided protection for political allies while the judicial system and "kompromat" were used to keep opponents in check or to eliminate them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • "There is no political will to solve these cases now because many in power fear the disclosure of 'kompromat' [compromising information] and the potential political blacklist this can produce," said Taras Berezovets, who runs the Politech political consulting company, which has advised Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • "There is no political will to solve these cases now because many in power fear the disclosure of 'kompromat' [compromising information] and the potential political blacklist this can produce," said Taras Berezovets, who runs the Politech political consulting company, which has advised Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Kravchuk and Kuchma created a system that provided protection for political allies while the judicial system and "kompromat" were used to keep opponents in check or to eliminate them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • Kravchuk and Kuchma created a system that provided protection for political allies while the judicial system and "kompromat" were used to keep opponents in check or to eliminate them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

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  • In Russian culture and politics, this refers to "compromising information"—damaging information about a public or commercial figure, used for negative publicity, or for blackmail. A shortening of a Russian phrase, (romanized as) komprometiruyushchy material.

    December 19, 2019