Ukraine
Ukrainian asset recovery agency replenishes military coffers

Ukraine, United States
Anti-graft non-profit NAKO brings former CIA executive on board

The former CIA officer and C4ADS executive, Larry Henderson, has become a board member of well-connected Ukrainian NGO NAKO, which receives funds from several governments in Europe.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSI number crunch, asset hunt in Kyiv, anti-disinformation in China, DGSE succession

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

FranceFrench intelligence reports 92 external lawfare cases since 2020

UkraineKyiv adds muscle to asset recovery agency

ChinaCommunist Party asks universities to train anti-disinformation analysts

FranceA woman in the running for top DGSE job

Europe
Sanctions war: EU in a quandary over the use of frozen Russian State assets

The plan to deduct interest generated by the Russian Central Bank's fixed assets and use it to support Ukraine's reconstruction has provoked a battle in Brussels that has involved press leaks and a string of meetings behind closed doors.

The Intelligence Gazette
Austria pessimistic over Ukraine, Russian soft power for Africa summit, Europol reaches out to Kyiv

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

AustriaAnalysts not optimistic about Ukraine's chances

RussiaRussian influence agency supports African journalists

UkraineAsset recovery agency steps in line with Europol

Ukraine
Ukraine's SBU to score partial victory in counterintelligence power struggle

Ukraine's national security, defence and intelligence committee has put the finishing touches to a new bill strengthening counterintelligence, which remains the SBU's responsibility but will in future come under closer official scrutiny.

France, United Kingdom
Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman lead the charge against sanctions

The two businessmen are each trying as much to distance themselves from the Russian government as to take on sanctions imposed on them by the UK and the European Union - and they are using the same circles of French and British lawyers to do so.

Europe, Ukraine
Europe's Ukraine anti-corruption drive loses steam

Investigations by Ukraine's NABU anti-corruption bureau continue even amid the ongoing war, with enthusiastic backing from its partner countries - but a European data storage programme financed by Denmark has just been suspended.

Spotlight | France, Russia
Moscow poised to recover funds in French court asset tracking case

An upcoming French court decision could see the properties belonging to the New York wife of a former Moscow official, accused of fraud in Russia, seized by the French state. With Moscow still under sanctions, such an outcome could change the way Russia goes about claiming assets.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Kyiv to appoint new head of asset recovery

Ukraine's asset recovery agency, another of the country's anti-corruption tools, is following Kyiv's good governance path and focussing its efforts on managing assets seized from sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
London stock exchange group to include Kyiv sanctions in its database

Ukraine has made a breakthrough in the UK regarding its push for European partners to broaden the direct or indirect sanctions they impose: London Stock Exchange Group's database now includes 'international sponsors of the war'.

Ukraine
Ukrainian-orientated lobbyist Yorktown defends telecoms Kyivstar in Washington

Kyivstar, which is facing disrupted networks due to the war and shareholder agitation, is relying on Yorktown Solutions to help it find support in the United States. The consultancy has extensive experience with Ukraine's key sectors.

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.

Ukraine
UN quietly supports State Bureau of Investigations

Legal documentation and intelligence gathering are two fields where the United Nations is helping Kyiv's investigative agency look into atrocities committed during the current conflict with Russia.