Spotlight
Still determined to seize the strategic town of Maarib, the Houthis are reorganising their troops and counting on their spymaster Abu Ali al-Haqem to ensure infiltration of the local tribal community. Meanwhile, loyalist forces are moving quickly to redeploy troops from Hodeida to Maarib in order to prepare a solid defence. [...]
In the absence of a clear, all-purpose legal framework, the intelligence services increasingly find themselves having to fight their former paid informers in court. An Indian informer of the French internal intelligence service has just had his claim thrown out by the French Council of State. [...]
An open letter which criticised the Kremlin over its handling of the parliamentary elections in September, the country's standard of living and the decline in patriotism was published by the Russian Communist Party in early November. It was written by former Russian intelligence officers who have now become private sector entrepreneurs and influential local figures. [...]
The brand new reseller AFB Systems, founded by a former business development manager of Italian cyber intelligence firm IPS, hopes to make its mark on an Emirati market that has become difficult for Italian players to navigate. [...]
The small scientific research centre NIIRK is focussed on the "communication regimes" of the Baltic and Central Asian states, where Moscow hopes to boost its influence using soft power tools, the Rossotrudnichestvo and state media. #Russia https://t.co/Yn0nNvn7kZ
Britain's AWO, a lobbying, consulting and law firm, is coordinating efforts by a group of organisations to impose stricter regulation on digital platforms by the European Union. #Europe https://t.co/xJXnNFb4kZ
#Ukraine The Berlin-based Malmandier Legal has joined the legal team defending Ukrainian opposition MP Viktor Medvedchuk, who claims he is being targeted for political reasons by Volodymyr Zelensky's administration. https://t.co/RmeXQhinuM