| Subject | English | Russian |
| intell. | conduct a false-flag operation | совершить провокацию (conduct a false-flag operation in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion – совершить провокацию, пытаясь создать повод для вторжения  cnn.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| intell. | false flag | операция под чужим флагом (describes covert military or paramilitary operations designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities, groups or nations than those who actually planned and executed them. Operations carried during peace-time by civilian organisation, as well as covert government agencies, may by extension be called false flag operations if they seek to hide the real organisation behind an operation. The name "false flag" has its origins in naval warfare where the use of a flag other than the belligerent's true battle flag as a ruse de guerre, before engaging an enemy, has long been acceptable. Such operations are also acceptable in certain circumstances in land warfare, to deceive enemies in similar ways providing that the deception is not perfidious and all such deceptions are discarded before opening fire upon the enemy; тж. см. false flag operation Taras) |
| gen. | false flag | инсценировка (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| gen. | false flag | отвлекающий манёвр (Вариант перевода Alexander Oshis) |
| PR | false flag | сфабрикованное или отвлекающее событие (Taras) |
| mil. | false flag attack | провокация под чужим флагом (The Gleiwitz incident was a false flag attack on the radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz (then Germany and today Gliwice in Poland) staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939.) |
| mil. | false flag attack | нападение под чужим флагом (для создания повода к объявлению войны и т. п. 4uzhoj) |
| mil. | false flag attack | провокация (военная операция под чужим флагом для создания повода для нападения и т. п.) |
| Игорь Миг | false flag chemical attack | постановочная химическая атака |
| Игорь Миг | false flag chemical attack | постановочная химатака |
| intell. | false flag counter-espionage operation | контрразведывательная операция под чужим флагом (theguardian.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Игорь Миг | false flag plot | провокация |
| polit. | False Flags operation | провокационная операция под ложным прикрытием (таких операций много в современной американской истории, одним из примеров можут служить события 9/11 Sasha R) |
| mil., intell. | false-flag operation | действие под чужим флагом (тайные операции, осуществляемые с целью убедить общественность в том, что эти операции проводятся другими организациями или государствами; см. wikipedia.org AlexanderKayumov) |
| mil., intell. | false-flag operation | операция под ложным флагом (wikipedia.org) |
| mil., intell. | false-flag operation | операция под чужим флагом (wikipedia.org Leana) |
| mil., intell. | false-flag operation | провокация (для создания повода для нападения и т. п. • The suspicious events surrounding these bombings lead many researches to conclude that they were false flag operations perpetrated by the FSB, the successor of the Committee for State Security (KGB), as an excuse to resume military activities in Chechnya and bring Vladimir Putin and the FSB to power. theguardian.com • Litvinenko, who authored a book which contained information describing the apartment bombings as false flag operations, would eventually die of radiation sickness. • At the same time, the Russian destabilization campaign has begun, the official said, with Russia accusing Ukraine of genocide in Donbas, conducting false flag operations, and more. • Boris Johnson has claimed the shelling of a nursery school in the Donbas region of Ukraine by Russian-backed separatists was a “false-flag operation” aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian government.) |
| intell. | false-flag persona | участник операции под чужим флагом (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Игорь Миг | false-flag U.S.-controlled coup d'etat | совершенный под эгидой США госпереворот |