Russia
Kiriyenko dynasty flouts sanctions and gains influence at heart of Kremlin

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ex-CRG in Riyadh, Green joins Westexec, G3, Seladore Legal, Geos

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington and London via Paris.

Riyad/WashingtonMike Wolff takes on MbS's projects

WashingtonBiden's NSC newbie heads over to Westexec

LondonAnna Gumowska leaves K2 for G3

LondonSeladore Legal at front line of Russian oligarch tiff

ParisGeos invests in Other Consulting Solutions

Russia, Singapore, UAE
Investigator Gambit Universal teams up with digital intelligence specialist MatchSystems

The Dubai-based multi-jurisdictional investigation firm Gambit is now working with the Singaporian cryptocurrency tracing specialist MatchSystems. The two entities, which have already worked together on past projects, plan to pool staff, technical resources and even clients.

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
Kiriyenko clan close to Kremlin expands reach in business and politics

With Rostelecom's probable acquisition of oligarch Alisher Usmanov's Megafon, the powerful presidential adviser Sergey Kiriyenko and his son will further expand their hold on a market shaken up by sanctions. This also spells top roles for members of their close entourage.

Russia
Russia's digital development minister caught in power struggle between Kremlin rivals

Maksut Shadayev has come under various forms of pressure behind the scenes in recent weeks. Shadayev, a protege of Putin's deputy chief of staff Sergey Kiriyenko, has a say over a number of crucial security contracts.

Russia
Siloviki eye facial recognition as potential windfall in their search for funds

With the final touches being put to the 2023 federal budget, Moscow's political class and biometric technology providers are queuing up for the public funds that could be allocated to facial recognition projects.

Russia
Russia focuses on increasingly strategic Arctic

The Kremlin is determined that sanctions will not affect business in the Arctic. With official encouragement, Russian business leaders are changing the map of the region in the wake of an exodus by Western companies.

Russia
Jet Infosystems, the Kremlin's all-terrain IT supplier

The Moscow-based firm, which even operates in foreign military theatres, nurtures its security networks through its chief lobbyist, Vadim Shustov.

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.

Russia
Russian investors await Western asset nationalisation wave

As the Russian parliament prepares the legal framework for nationalising foreign-held assets in Russia, the regulatory authorities are also taking steps to bring critical industries back under the Kremlin's control.

Russia, Ukraine
FSB still at forefront of intelligence gathering in Ukraine

Rumours abound about the leadership of the Russian security services deployed in Ukraine to back the military offensive and feed Moscow with intelligence from the field.

Russia, Ukraine
Moscow's shifting security and political strategies in the Donbass

The heavy losses suffered by its armies in Donetsk and Luhansk are forcing Moscow to review its political and security roadmap for the territories.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Crackdown on golden visa schemes takes toll on sector intelligence providers

The OECD and the European Commission are clamping down on golden visa programmes, much loved by Russian oligarchs. Groups specialising in due diligence are feeling the impact, particularly in Montenegro.

Spotlight | Russia
Russia's tax havens cash in on West's hunt for oligarchs

Boosted by the conflict in Ukraine, the attractive tax regimes of Kaliningrad and Vladivostok are now being snapped up by Russian conglomerates hit or threatened by Western sanctions, with Viktor Vekselberg and Said Kerimov the latest to join in.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Oligarch crackdown shakes up private investigation sector

The wave of sanctions against Russian oligarchs in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine is having a big impact on the corporate intelligence world.