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The SVR, the Russian external intelligence service, is the successor of the general directorate of the KGB and deals with civil intelligence gathering on behalf of the Kremlin. It is in permanent competition with Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, which has more means and a bigger staff.

United States
Shestakov trial set to begin amid friction over classified documents

Sergey Shestakov is asking the American government to produce records from several intelligence agencies that the former Soviet diplomat believes will help his defence.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 28.01.2025

Spotlight | United Kingdom
British corporate intel firm that spurred Russiagate has friends in high parliamentary places

Christopher Steele, a former MI6 spy who co-founded Orbis Business Intelligence, is well connected with British members of parliament. So much so that parliamentary debates have reflected several claims made in Orbis reports.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 03.01.2025

The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.

United States
FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

The bureau is interested in those familiar with the activities of EN+ and their interactions with key figures in the group owned by the Russian oligarch.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 08.11.2024

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Inside Orbis, part 2: former MI6 employee's intelligence firm also probed Lords' Russia links

Investigating links with Russia's political and security apparatus is an integral part of Orbis's activities. But in addition to the now famous ‘Steele dossier' against Donald Trump, the firm also investigated big names close to ‘Londongrad' in the British parliament's upper house.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 30.10.2024

Russia, United States
Oleg Deripaska's intelligence consultants seek to limit evidence of Russian links at trial

Former Soviet Diplomat Sergey Shestakov, who was charged alongside ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal for allegedly carrying out work for Oleg Deripaska, is seeking to ensure allegations of his links to Russian intelligence don't play a role in the trial.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 26.07.2024

United States
Financial investigators on the hunt for Rudy Giuliani's assets look into his new bank and coffee brand

A small bank and a new coffee company have caught the eye of the law firm that is representing the unsecured creditors of the former NYC mayor.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 05.07.2024

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, 15 December 2023.

Russia
Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France

In anticipation of a possible escalation of its 'hybrid warfare' tactics on European territory, the GU is extending its campaign to recruit sources and destabilisation agents. The service is now targeting French security institutions.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 29.04.2024

Running story | Europe, Russia
War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

To win the war in Ukraine on the both the military and political fronts, Moscow is deploying its hybrid warfare arsenal with ever-growing intensity. Projects to sabotage munitions production sites, destabilisation operations and increased data collection on European security institutions:

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 29.04.2024

Soviet poster from 1954 discouraging citizens from talking to foreign spies: ‘To talk is to help the enemy!’.

Russia
Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

Moscow's military counter-intelligence is pleased to note that Emmanuel Macron's escalating rhetoric is changing the minds of senior Russian officers resistant to the Ukraine military campaign in its current form.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.03.2024

President of France Emmanuel Macron, in Prague, Czech Republic, 5 March 2024.

United States
Black Ice AI pulls in ex-CIA officers to plug its AI tools

The artificial intelligence developer is reaching out to former US intelligence officers, now at the head of advisory and investigation firms, to break into the highly-coveted third-party data analytics sector.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 19.02.2024

East Europe, Russia
GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

The Russian military intelligence agency is using an anonymous bot on the Telegram social network to hire "sleeping" agents for hybrid warfare operations

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.02.2024

Europe, Russia, United States
Russia's SVR delivers damning report on Europe's munition production capacity

Like their colleagues in military intelligence, Russian foreign intelligence analysts have been looking into the question of Ukraine's munition needs - and concluded that Europe is vulnerable.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 12.02.2024

A Ukrainian soldier prepares a mortar shell in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 26 January 2024.

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's Washington envoy at heart of Russian information campaign

Washington and an increasing number of Ukrainian political players are encouraging the Bankova presidential administration to make internal changes to reinvigorate the country's political inertia, but Moscow is leveraging this lobbying for its own purposes.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 29.01.2024

The former Ukrainian ambassador to Washington and ex-finance minister Oksana Markarova.

Russia
More electronic warfare specialists join Russia's military-industrial commission

Electronic warfare industry experts have recently joined the board of Russia's powerful military-industrial commission, as the Kremlin seeks to harmonise production by the sector's leading companies.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 29.01.2024

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Catalonia is attracting a growing number of fleeing Russian cyber specialists.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 15.01.2024

Spy Way of Life | China, Europe, Turkey, United States
Intelligence Online's spyware gift list for the holidays

Across the globe, after long months of hushed conversations and quiet meetings in secret hideaways, spies are working on their holiday shopping lists. This week, Intelligence Online looks into the Christmas-time tradecraft goodies on offer, from pop culture spy gear to big ticket items for the brave gift giver.

Free access Government Intelligence 22.12.2023

Russia
Zarya, guardian of Russia's space programme secrets, joins list of strategic companies

Part of the Russian state agency Roscosmos, Zarya protects information on space and defence programmes, working closely with the intelligence services.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 08.12.2023

Russia
Kremlin tightens up control of leading air defence group Almaz-Antey

The detection systems subsidiaries of air defence and missiles manfuacturer Almaz-Antey, which had been due to be partially privatised, are now to be kept firmly under state control.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 21.11.2023

France, Russia
Macron keeps door shut on French-Russian memorial diplomacy

The pause in memorial initiatives since the start of the war in Ukraine is emblematic of the break in direct communication between Paris and Moscow, but gaps could still let some bilateral memorial initiatives through.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 09.11.2023

A priest at the graves of three Russian soldiers from WWI, at The National Cemetery of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, France, 27 October 2023.

Spymaster | Mongolia
Intelligence chief Peljee Odonbaatar takes Mongolia's security shift up a gear

The colonel in charge of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency strives for neutrality with neighbours China and Russia, with mining and oil projects in the back of his mind. He is playing the long game, unlike some of his predecessors, who are accused of having tarnished the agency's reputation.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.10.2023

Peljee Odonbaatar, head of the General Intelligence Agency.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
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China
University reform under the watchful eye of security

China, Europe
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North Korea, Russia
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United States
Shestakov trial set to begin amid friction over classified documents

Spotlight | United Kingdom
British corporate intel firm that spurred Russiagate has friends in high parliamentary places

United States
FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Inside Orbis, part 2: former MI6 employee's intelligence firm also probed Lords' Russia links

Russia, United States
Oleg Deripaska's intelligence consultants seek to limit evidence of Russian links at trial

United States
Financial investigators on the hunt for Rudy Giuliani's assets look into his new bank and coffee brand

Russia
Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France

Running story | Europe, Russia
War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

Russia
Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

United States
Black Ice AI pulls in ex-CIA officers to plug its AI tools

East Europe, Russia
GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

Europe, Russia, United States
Russia's SVR delivers damning report on Europe's munition production capacity

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's Washington envoy at heart of Russian information campaign

Russia
More electronic warfare specialists join Russia's military-industrial commission

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Spy Way of Life | China, Europe, Turkey, United States
Intelligence Online's spyware gift list for the holidays

Russia
Zarya, guardian of Russia's space programme secrets, joins list of strategic companies

Russia
Kremlin tightens up control of leading air defence group Almaz-Antey

France, Russia
Macron keeps door shut on French-Russian memorial diplomacy

Spymaster | Mongolia
Intelligence chief Peljee Odonbaatar takes Mongolia's security shift up a gear

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Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

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China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

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SVR

United States Shestakov trial set to begin amid friction over classified documents

Spotlight | United Kingdom British corporate intel firm that spurred Russiagate has friends in high parliamentary places

United States FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

Spotlight | United Kingdom Inside Orbis, part 2: former MI6 employee's intelligence firm also probed Lords' Russia links

Russia, United States Oleg Deripaska's intelligence consultants seek to limit evidence of Russian links at trial

United States Financial investigators on the hunt for Rudy Giuliani's assets look into his new bank and coffee brand

Russia Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France

Running story | Europe, Russia War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

Russia Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

United States Black Ice AI pulls in ex-CIA officers to plug its AI tools

East Europe, Russia GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

Europe, Russia, United States Russia's SVR delivers damning report on Europe's munition production capacity

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine, United States Kyiv's Washington envoy at heart of Russian information campaign

Russia More electronic warfare specialists join Russia's military-industrial commission

Russia, Spain Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Spy Way of Life | China, Europe, Turkey, United States Intelligence Online's spyware gift list for the holidays

Russia Zarya, guardian of Russia's space programme secrets, joins list of strategic companies

Russia Kremlin tightens up control of leading air defence group Almaz-Antey

France, Russia Macron keeps door shut on French-Russian memorial diplomacy

Spymaster | Mongolia Intelligence chief Peljee Odonbaatar takes Mongolia's security shift up a gear

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

China
University reform under the watchful eye of security

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

United States
Shestakov trial set to begin amid friction over classified documents

Spotlight | United Kingdom
British corporate intel firm that spurred Russiagate has friends in high parliamentary places

United States
FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Inside Orbis, part 2: former MI6 employee's intelligence firm also probed Lords' Russia links

Russia, United States
Oleg Deripaska's intelligence consultants seek to limit evidence of Russian links at trial

United States
Financial investigators on the hunt for Rudy Giuliani's assets look into his new bank and coffee brand

Russia
Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France

Running story | Europe, Russia
War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

Russia
Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

United States
Black Ice AI pulls in ex-CIA officers to plug its AI tools

East Europe, Russia
GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

Europe, Russia, United States
Russia's SVR delivers damning report on Europe's munition production capacity

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine, United States
Kyiv's Washington envoy at heart of Russian information campaign

Russia
More electronic warfare specialists join Russia's military-industrial commission

Russia, Spain
Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Spy Way of Life | China, Europe, Turkey, United States
Intelligence Online's spyware gift list for the holidays

Russia
Zarya, guardian of Russia's space programme secrets, joins list of strategic companies

Russia
Kremlin tightens up control of leading air defence group Almaz-Antey

France, Russia
Macron keeps door shut on French-Russian memorial diplomacy

Spymaster | Mongolia
Intelligence chief Peljee Odonbaatar takes Mongolia's security shift up a gear