Bulgaria
Sacked intelligence chief under US sanctions calls out Russian influence

Bulgaria, Europe
Sofia doubles down to convince allies of counter-espionage capabilities

The Bulgarian domestic intelligence service is actively tracking down Russian spies and traitors among its ranks to convince its allies it is serious about the task, while at the same time working more closely with its partners and fellow services.

The Intelligence Gazette
Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we look at Moscow, Washington, Paris, Sofia and Beirut.

France Intelligence Academy advertises for new director

Lebanon Berri joins push to extend Ibrahim's mandate

Russia Intelligence at forefront of fight against drones

United States CIA publication review process questioned

Bulgaria Internal security under scrutiny

Bulgaria, Serbia, United States
Bulgarian oligarch enlists US lobbyists' help in battling Sofia authorities

Bulgarian former banker Tsvetan Vassilev, exiled in Belgrade, is actively lobbying in Washington against his powerful opponents in Sofia. US consulting firms and an Austria-based consultant are helping him.

Spotlight | Russia
New national security strategy moves up a gear on "information confrontation"

Russian intelligence services have got moving following the publication of the national security strategy which targets, as a central focus, information warfare.

Bulgaria, United States
US sanctions spurs Bulgaria's intelligence into action

The US sanctions have shaken Sofia's political world to the core and its embarrassed intelligence services have been forced to take a hard look at their own intelligence control bureau infiltrated by oligarchs.

Russia
SVR's military unit under new command

The command of Military Unit 61643, a cover for Russian external intelligence agents, changed after the ceasefire betweeen Yerevan and Baku, paving the way for spymaster Aleksandr Ivanovich P. to step forward.

Russia
Evgeni Primakov Jr renews Russian soft power as head of Rossotrudnichestvo

An influence tool and relay of Moscow's intelligence apparatus, the Rossotrudnichestvo, Moscow's cultural relations arm, is seeking new opportunities.

Russia
SVR continues to handle relations with Russia's close neighbours

Igor Maslov, who served in the SVR, was appointed to [...]

Russia
Putin revisits Comintern

With Russia's presidential elections in March 2012 fast approaching, the Kremlin has decided to federate Russians abroad.