Editing Black propaganda (section)

===Soviet Union===
Prior to, and during the [[Cold War]], the [[Soviet Union]] used disinformation on multiple occasions, employing the [[KGB]]'s Service A of the [[First Chief Directorate]] in order to conduct its covert, or "black", "[[active measures]]".<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://intellit.muskingum.edu/russia_folder/pcw_era/sect_03.htm|title=How Soviet Active Measures Themes Were Spread|work=muskingum.edu|access-date=2010-04-07|archive-date=2020-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101152712/http://intellit.muskingum.edu/russia_folder/pcw_era/sect_03.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  It was Service A that was responsible for clandestine campaigns that were targeted at foreign governments, public populations, as well as to influence individuals and specific groups that were hostile towards the Soviet government and its policies. The majority of their operations was actually conducted by other elements and directorates of the KGB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/world/russia/kgb/su0521.htm|title=The Foreign Intelligence Role of the Committee for State Security.}}</ref>