The 17 rules of Russian propaganda
the word does not appear in dictionaries until the late 1980s, since it finds its origin in the Russian term ‘dezinformatzija’ (дезинформация): it refers to a Russian tactical weapon dating back to 1923, when the deputy chairman of the State Political Directorate – the GPU, forerunner of the KGB – called for the foundation of ‘a special disinformation bureau to conduct tactical intelligence operations
