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    Spotlight | Russia, Sri Lanka, UAE
    Colombo held talks to buy armoured vehicles from sanctioned Streit Group

    A Cobra 4 armoured police vehicle manufactured by UAE-based Streit Group on display at the Milipol trade fair in Villepinte, France, on 14 November 2023.
    A Cobra 4 armoured police vehicle manufactured by UAE-based Streit Group on display at the Milipol trade fair in Villepinte, France, on 14 November 2023. © Miguel Medina/AFP

    Sri Lankan defence officials recently discussed a detailed proposal for the acquisition of armoured SUVs from UAE-based manufacturer Streit, Intelligence Online has learned. The company was sanctioned by the EU last October.

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    United States
    Pentagon boosts fight against foreign influence through National Center for Narrative Intelligence

    The National Centre for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI) set up in 2023 is based at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, US. Photo of the university taken on 19 March 2019.
    The National Centre for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI) set up in 2023 is based at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, US. Photo of the university taken on 19 March 2019. © Dennis K. Johnson/Alamy

    The US Department of Defense is planning to award a $6m grant to the National Center for Narrative Intelligence. The moves comes amid efforts to devote more resources to cognitive warfare and fighting influence operations, particularly ones from China.

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    France, Russia, Ukraine
    French intelligence officer turned pro-Russian blogger targeted by Kyiv and returning fighters

    Left: screenshots from Nicolas Cinquini’s blog and the TrackANaziMerc Telegram account, for which he works. Right: the insignia of the Revanche Tactical Group and a photo of fighters from the unit’s French detachment who are on Nicolas Cinquini's trail.
    Left: screenshots from Nicolas Cinquini’s blog and the TrackANaziMerc Telegram account, for which he works. Right: the insignia of the Revanche Tactical Group and a photo of fighters from the unit’s French detachment who are on Nicolas Cinquini's trail.© Intelligence Online

    Nicolas Cinquini, a former French police intelligence officer sacked for his role in the Yellow Vests protests, blogs about French nationals involved in Ukraine. His pro-Russian activism has drawn the attention of Ukrainian counter-intelligence and of returning French veterans.

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    Saudi Arabia
    The big winners from the latest Saudi defence industry shake-up

    The Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) logo on display at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 17 February 2019.
    The Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) logo on display at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 17 February 2019. © Christopher Pike/Reuters

    Change is underfoot at the state-backed defence company Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI). One of its entities is in the process of being dismantled, while two others are consolidating their position at the heart of the kingdom's most strategic defence projects.

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    France, Vietnam
    Hanoi requesting €235.6m loan from Paris to buy VNREDsat-2 satellite

    An expert works at the ground reception station of the Vietnamese National Centre for Remote Sensing in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 3 May 2013.
    An expert works at the ground reception station of the Vietnamese National Centre for Remote Sensing in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 3 May 2013. © VNA/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

    Space cooperation between Paris and Hanoi has always been driven by financial concerns, which have been holding up the VNREDsat-2 earth observation satellite project over the past eight years. Airbus, in the meantime, is playing for time.

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    France
    Special funds budget for France set to reach nearly €100m for 2027

    Hôtel Matignon, the French prime minister's official residence in Paris, on 22 December 2025.
    Hôtel Matignon, the French prime minister's official residence in Paris, on 22 December 2025. © Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

    The final deliberations underway over France's 2027 budget are being closely watched by the intelligence services, especially with the special funds budget expected to rise sharply to around €100m, according to our sources. But in previous years, the amount budgeted has often fallen far short of the final figure disbursed.

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