Azerbaijan, France
Legal wrangling between Paris and Baku intensifies

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A gift from MI6, Extradition to Russia refused, Vanuatu puts golden passports on hold, Pentagon's secret budget

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United KingdomMI6 'freebie' fails to convince EU Commission

France/Russia/AzerbaijanNo extradition for former DTX collaborator

VanuatuPM pauses golden passports

United StatesAir Force gets most of Pentagon's classified budget

Azerbaijan, France
Baku plies pressure on alleged DGSE informant in exile in France

As trial hearings in the Paris and Baku courts for Azerbaijani and French nationals keep being pushed back, a new informational campaign has been launched in the Azerbaijani media.

Azerbaijan, France
On COP29 sidelines, lawyers ramp up efforts to defend one of their French clients in Baku

Lawyers representing French nationals held in Azerbaijan are taking advantage of the world climate conference being held in Baku to raise awareness of their client Théo Clerc's predicament.

Azerbaijan, France
France's DGSE caught off guard by Azerbaijani disinformation campaign

Paris has been surprised by the destabilisation operations carried out since last year by Azerbaijan. France's external intelligence service has nevertheless managed to identify the agents carrying out these operations for President Ilham Aliyev's regime.

Azerbaijan, France
Paris and Baku maintain communication despite tensions

In the current diplomatic stand-off between France and Azerbaijan, both countries have a trick up their sleeves. Each holds a national of the other, supposedly linked to the other's intelligence services, who could be used for a prisoner exchange.

Azerbaijan, France
DGSI strives to uncover Azerbaijan's opposition intimidation network

Following France and Azerbaijan's recent expulsions of each other's agents, the French intelligence services are trying to uncover the networks used by the Azerbaijani regime for tracking political opponents in Europe. They are being assisted by a former Azerbaijani intelligence collaborator.