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Hungary
Hungarian defence ministry's rising star takes charge of strategy review

Innovation commissioner Imre Porkolab is moving up the ranks in a Hungarian defence ministry in the throes of reform, as it tries to maintain cordial relations with Moscow while also deepening its involvement in European defence structures.

Russia
PM Mishustin tightens grip on Russian defence industry

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev are jockeying for oversight of Russia's wartime military industry production through the creation of rival working groups.

Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Bearstone Global looks to expand from its Polish base into Western Europe

Bearstone Global, which is registered in Warsaw, is looking to expand progressively into Germany, as well as consolidating its presence in Poland, which has become much more strategically important since the start of the war in Ukraine.

France
France mulls US-style foreign agents register after similar UK effort

France's Secretary General of Defence and National Security wants to introduce stricter controls of "amateur" lobbyists working informally for foreign interests.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante and the AFD, Hakluyt's spring growth, Brasidas poaches from Schillings, JS Held ends Hong Kong venture, DragonFly tests the air for Delta, CRA vs. activists

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: every week, we report on the events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisAmarante looks for risks facing the AFD

London/WashingtonHakluyt's springtime recruits and fresh funds

ZurichBrasidas taps into Schillings talent pool

Hong KongJS Held closes local office

CambridgeActivists target Charles River Associates

France, Ukraine
French state's battle with Avisa takes toll on French-Ukrainian cyber diplomacy

While Kyiv is preparing to send cyber specialists to France's Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC), French authorities are stopping their own officials from taking part in the event as tensions flare with the organiser Avisa Partners.