maskirovkan.

1972 ABSEES: Soviet & E. European Abstr. Series Oct. 106 The term maskirovka, though comprehending ‘camouflage’, in the strictest sense, should be read to mean deception measures and disinformation technique.

1976 tr. Dict. Basic Mil. Terms: Soviet View 118 Maskirovka (camouflage), a form of support for combat operations, its purpose being to conceal the activities and disposition of friendly troops, and to mislead the enemy with regard to the grouping and intentions of such troops.

1980 Defense Electronics Aug. 43/2 Although Maskirovka is not specifically mentioned in the news media..its possible use could have critical effect on the verification of SALT II.

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) ii. 41 Already we are preparing our maskirovka, our trickery.

1991 J. Sherr Soviet Power (ed. 2) 80 Jaruzelski continued to conduct his negotiations..as part of an exercise in maskirovka rather than persuasion.

1993 A. Toffler & H. Toffler War & Anti-war v. xviii. 166 The Second Wave war-form was accompanied by one-sided news, doctored photographs, and what the Russians call ‘maskirovka’ (deception) and ‘dezinformatsia’ (disinformation).

2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Dec. 7 Russia's security services are masters in the art of ‘maskirovka’ (camouflage).

2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. Features 19 A Russian policy of denial, disinformation and deception is part of a wider strategy known as ‘maskirovka’, or ‘little masquerade’, that has been central to Moscow's military thinking for more than a century. It entails invasions by stealth and the deliberate blurring of truth and illusion.