Ukraine
Chambers of commerce weigh up prospects for government's deoligarchisation drive

Ukraine
Kyiv powers that be discreetly prepare for possible 2024 elections

Those in power in Ukraine are trying to form a united front and contain any political dissent, while the presidency evaluates its options for possible elections next year.

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA's HR woes, Hamas and Taliban in Istanbul, Tbilisi's oligarchs, France's DPR, China worries Russia, repatriated Afghans

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 hone in on Istanbul, Washington, Paris, Moscow, Kabul and Tbilisi.

United States CIA experimenting to solve HR crisis

Turkey/Palestine/Afghanistan Istanbul hosts Hamas-Taliban rapprochement

Georgia Tbilisi looks into its oligarchs

France DPR still not entitled to know about operations in progress

Russia Moscow's foreign affairs ministry reassesses view of China

Afghanistan/Europe Europe's greater numbers of repatriated Afghans

Ukraine
Kyiv tries to stop Moscow benefiting from indirect IT support from the GAFAM

Although there are wide-ranging restrictions on the sale of military equipment and IT systems to Russia, some software and services are not covered by the sanctions. A group of experts is looking to remedy the situation.

Ukraine
Ukraine's new economic security bureau finds its feet while war rages on

Ukraine's investigation and economic intelligence entity, which is heavily mobilised in the war, is gradually establishing its place in Ukraine's security architecture and trying to respond to donor countries' demands for greater transparency and stronger measures against corruption.

Ukraine
Kyiv remains determined to crack down on oligarchs despite war

Faced with the EU, the UK and the US's good governance demands, the Ukrainian government is being very vocal about its determination to curb the influence of oligarchs in strategic sectors - and hunt down their assets by the same token.

China, Ukraine
Kyiv lawyers do good business with the Chinese conglomerates

China, which is ever ready to compete with the US on investment in Ukraine, is making use of the Chinese Trade Association there to find lawyers who are well established in Kyiv to defend its interests.

China, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's highways lead to both US and China

Ukraine, which enjoys political and security-related support from the US, occasionally turns to rival China for help in some areas. The new infrastructure minister Olexander Kubrakov is among those involved in the balancing act.

Ukraine
Committee poised to appoint Ukraine's new economic intelligence chief

Anti-corruption chiefs and senior tax officials are vying to head Kyiv's new economic intelligence bureau, the BEB.

Ukraine, United States
Army of US consultants weigh in on Ukrainian privatisations

The Ukrainian government is poised to sell off everything from distilleries to electricity plants in a major privitisation drive, with the help of Western-trained experts.

Russia, Ukraine
Yevgeni Yurchenko is the Donbass's new coal industry strongman

Seven years after hostilities began in eastern Ukraine, Russian and pro-Russian businessmen are battling against each other for control of the territory's energy and metal resources. Yevgeni Yurchenko is one businessman who has emerged well from the battle.