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Spotlight | Europe, Russia
Baltic traders ensuring continued export of industrial equipment to Russia

While Lithuania's political class strongly condemns Moscow and is pushing for tough sanctions on the country, the Baltic state is still a hub for shipments of Western European machinery and electrical equipment to Russia. These exports are often camouflaged under a Kazakh flag.

Russia, Vietnam
Rosoboronexport suffers setbacks in Kubinka and Hanoi

The Russian military equipment exporter, which has been hit by components shortages, has seen its global sales fall sharply. The latest blow has come from Vietnam, which has decided to freeze its dealings with the Russian group.

Russia
The man who spearheads Russia's new IT patriotism

Between the commercial IT world and Moscow's power circles, civil society personality Ilya Massukh makes key contributions to the survival of Russia's sanctioned economy and regime.

Indonesia, Russia
Minnikhanov leads business rapprochement between Russia and Indonesia

Russia, which is looking to strengthen its trading links with South Asia, is counting on Tatarstan president Rustam Minnikhanov to promote the exportation of its oil products to Indonesia.

India, Russia
Russian defence conglomerate Rostec seeks help from Indian offset partners

With the war in Ukraine affecting Russian military exports, Russian defence companies are turning to Indian firms to carry out maintenance and supply of spare parts on their contracts.

Russia
Ruselectronics at centre of Russian Safe City monitoring programme

Border surveillance, which has returned to the top of the list of critical projects carried out by the Rostec arms conglomerate, is mobilising all the know-how of its subsidiary Ruselectronics. Moscow has decided to move up a gear in the Safe City programme.

Russia, UAE
Armoured vehicle maker Streit symbolises Russia-UAE defence industry ties

Guerman Goutorov, head of the Ras Al Khaimah-based Streit Group, one of the world's largest armoured vehicle manufacturers, has reorientated his activities since the war in Ukraine and is counting on support from Putin's inner circle and the UAE authorities to help him break into new markets in Africa.

Russia
Security Vision, the Kremlin cyber protection unit's faithful provider

As Russian intelligence battens down the hatches on who can provide cybersecurity services, some agencies, starting with the FSO's interceptions department, continue to outsource tasks to trusted private partners such as Security Vision's subsidiaries Intellectual Security and Trimeter.

Belarus, Russia
Minsk opposition keeps up connections with Moscow

The Belarusian opposition faction led by Valery Tsepkalo, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's rival, is keeping in with Russian contacts who are ready and willing to back popular and political activism against Lukashenko.

Qatar
US and France keep watch on Qatar's pro-Ukraine shift

Despite having heavily invested in Russia when blocked from its Gulf neighbours from 2017 to 2021, Qatar has taken the Ukraine crisis as an opportunity to confirm its support for the Washington-Brussels axis. For Moscow, this does not mean Doha has passed a point of no return.

Kazakhstan, Turkey, UAE
In view of Ukraine, Kazakhstan is ramping up its defence agreements and contracts

While the majority of Central Asian countries remain cautiously neutral on the war in Ukraine, Kazakhstan appears to have become the key focal point in the region for European and Asian countries. While maintaining a measured impartiality, Nur-Sultan has continued to reorganise and modernise its internal security and defence apparatus.

The Intelligence Gazette
Pentagon and Ukrainian titanium, Mukhabarat, PUK

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake. Every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets great and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

United States Pentagon preps to join titanium war

Egypt The Mukhabarat al-Amma gets authority to extend its business interests

Iraq Bafel Talabani sacks his intelligence chief by way of conciliation

Spotlight | China, Russia
Oligarchs close to the Kremlin look towards Beijing

With business between Beijing and Moscow openly thriving, Russian entrepreneurs with ties to the Kremlin are now increasingly using these good relations to make moves into the Chinese markets.