Russia, Ukraine
Moscow dusts off old KGB manuals

Russia, Ukraine
Russian intelligence puts down roots in Donetsk

Firmly established in Donbas for many years, Russia's intelligence services have been gradually taking over the dense security apparatus in Donetsk.

Russia
Before shakeups, Kremlin hawks engage in power game with siloviki

Former president Dmitry Medvedev as well as Viasheslav Volodin and Andrei Turchak are hoping to profit from the war in Ukraine and the confrontation with the West to climb the ladder in the Russian regime.

The Intelligence Gazette
PKK leaders, DGSI, SCO, DoS in Georgia, France-Ukraine

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, from Sinjar to Paris via Shanghai, Kyiv, Washington and Tbilisi.

IraqPKK renews high command's mandate and reaffirms strategic priorities

FranceDGSI's role in counterterrorism secured

Russia/ChinaBeijing counts on Russia to promote SCO

USA/GeorgiaWashington confirms its commitment to Tbilisi

France/UkraineFlorence Parly sticks to low estimate on Paris's Ukraine spending

Russia
FSB poised for additional responsibilities under new national security strategy

Vladimir Putin's recent reframing of the role of the FSB gives some indication of the direction the soon to be announced national security strategy will go in, spanning the seas, borders and strategically important information security.

France, Moldova
Ex-Gulf consultant moves to Moldavia

Louis Gerlin, who was active in the Gulf region for many years, is positioning himself as an intermediary for aircraft [...]

Russia
The FSB

The FSB, the Russian internal intelligence service, has stepped up [...]

Spotlight | Europe
Minsk: Moscow and EU anti sanctions hub

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko is keen to capitalise, both politically and economically, on his good offices in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. Indeed his efforts have partly paid off, with the Council of the European Union lifting sanctions against some of his [.

Ukraine, United States
Nuclear intelligence

Ukraine's ongoing crisis has increased the risk of theft at the country's nuclear sites. A US Department of Energy unit is using monitors to watch over them.

Ukraine
Bounty hunters back

Investigators and lawyers are positioning themselves to help Ukraine trace assets allegedly stolen by Viktor Yanukovych's administration.

Russia, Ukraine
On the Crimean commercial front

Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian province may have closed some doors for Western defence companies in Russia but it has opened others in the Baltic States.

Ukraine
NATO opens its ears

A vast electronic monitoring operation has been put in place by NATO to track Russian military deployment on the border with Ukraine.

Russia
Putin plays with fire

Vladimir Putin's recent actions in Ukraine have worried NATO nuclear [...]

France, Russia
Paris points antennae at Crimea

Messages that have been intercepted in Crimea make it abundantly clear. Although no confirmation has been forthcoming from the French [...]