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Government Intelligence 15/11/2021

Minsk makes murky play to become first EU migrant smuggler

Government Intelligence 27/10/2021

Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. © Mikhail Voskresenskiy/Kremlin Pool/Sputnik

Government Intelligence 30/09/2021

Siloviki take hold of diplomacy and industrial relations in Belarus

Yury Senko, the ambassador of Belarus to China, with Lei Hong, Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Ministry. © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

Government Intelligence 24/09/2021

Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko with his son Dmitri Lukashenko. © President of the Republic of Belarus

International Dealmaking 07/09/2021

Abdo Romeo Abdo, the Lebanese businessman housing Minsk's elite

The happy new owner of MTBank, which he bought off oligarch Alexei Oleksin now under EU sanctions, has managed to elbow himself into Minsk's tight-knit elite business circle thanks to some powerful alliances. [...]

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Government Intelligence 30/07/2021

CIS launches financial intelligence operation 'Orion'

Under the auspices of Russian intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) aims to strengthen ties through the Orion programme and IT system SiNerGia. [...]

Yury Chikhanchin, director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service. © Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS

Corporate Intelligence 20/07/2021

Minsk and Moscow look to hold Dmitry Mazepin at arm's length

The embattled owner of Uralkali and Uralchem, who is also hoping to take over the Belarusian state-owned potash company Belaruskali, has been sidelined from Russian-Belarusian decision-making circles. [...]

Dmitry Mazepin, propriétaire d'Uralkali et Uralchem. © Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Reuters Connect

Corporate Intelligence 29/06/2021

Raiffeisen Bank reluctantly gets on board with EU sanctions against Minsk

The new sanctions against Belarus are not at all to the liking of the powerful Raiffeisen Bank International, which has a strong presence in the country. It has however been able to count on Vienna, as well its networks in Brussels, to plead its case. [...]

International Dealmaking 28/06/2021

Dmitry Mazepin looking good in potash wars Free

While economic sanctions continue to rain down on Minsk, the potash company Uralkali, controlled by Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin's Uralchem, is prospering thanks to support from Moscow and hopes to take over its principal rivals in Belarus. [...]

Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin, owner of chemical company Uralchem. © Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Government Intelligence 24/06/2021

Uneasy Lukashenko presses ahead with his reform of the national security council

Although the stir created by the hijacking of a Ryanair aircraft on 23 May brought Belarus back into the public eye, Western condemnations have not stopped Alexander Lukashenko from proceeding with his plans to further strengthen his security services. [...]

Government Intelligence 05/05/2021

Lukashenko strengthens national security council to keep grip on power

Alexander Lukashenko is trying to save his succession to ensure continuity in the event of a coup d'état by planning the transfer of his presidential powers to a renewed national security council. [...]

Government Intelligence 11/12/2019

Abu Dhabi strengthens financial ties with Minsk

With one eye on Moscow, the United Arab Emirates is upping its investment in Belarus and becoming a leading client of its defence industry. [...]

Government Intelligence 18/09/2019

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan woos Minsk

On his first official visit to Belarus on September 13-16, [...]

International Dealmaking 12/09/2018

558 ARP paves way for Minsk and Moscow in African defence markets

A discreet Belarussian aeronautical maintenance company is being used by Moscow as a scout to identify new diplomatic security opportunities across Africa. [...]

Government Intelligence 26/04/2017

Lukashenko slaloms between West and Syria

Belarus' President Alexander Lukasheno is managing to make time for [...]

Government Intelligence 21/12/2016

Abu Dhabi makes moves on Minsk

The United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Belarus, Ahmed Bin Manqoosh [...]

Government Intelligence 26/10/2016

Secret meeting at Pentagon

. According to Intelligence Online’s sources, officials from Belarus visited [...]

Government Intelligence 28/09/2016

Lukashenko visits Beijing to strengthen ties

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been very much in [...]

Corporate Intelligence 31/08/2016

Mystery French delegation visits Minsk

Pavel Latushko, Belarus’ ambassador to Paris, made an interesting declaration [...]

Government Intelligence 18/05/2016

Military delegation visits Minsk

A military delegation from the United Arab Emirates arrived in [...]

Government Intelligence 13/04/2016

Discreet armaments meetings

Bassam Abdul Majid, Syria's ambassador in Belarus and a close [...]

Government Intelligence 30/03/2016

Washington and Minsk talk defence

Andrew Ramkov, Belarus’ minister of defence, and Pentagon official Michael [...]

16/12/2015

Magnezi, link between Minsk and Tel Aviv

Gabi Magnezi, a businessman close to the Israeli defence ministry, is at the heart of a discreet rapprochement that has been taking place between Belarus and Israel in recent months. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 18/11/2015

Belarus closes weapons warehouses

When it recently expressed an interested in acquiring a squadron of MiG or Sukhoi fighter planes, the UAE Air Force [...]

Government Intelligence 07/10/2015

PR for Belarusian potash

JSC Belarusian Potash Company, the export trading arm of Belaruskali, [...]

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Minsk makes murky play to become first EU migrant smuggler

Lukashenko holds off on inevitable KGB reform

Siloviki take hold of diplomacy and industrial relations in Belarus

Lukashenko Jr lands presidential security roles for hockey players

Abdo Romeo Abdo, the Lebanese businessman housing Minsk's elite

CIS launches financial intelligence operation 'Orion'

Minsk and Moscow look to hold Dmitry Mazepin at arm's length

Raiffeisen Bank reluctantly gets on board with EU sanctions against Minsk

Dmitry Mazepin looking good in potash wars Free

Uneasy Lukashenko presses ahead with his reform of the national security council

Lukashenko strengthens national security council to keep grip on power

Abu Dhabi strengthens financial ties with Minsk

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan woos Minsk

558 ARP paves way for Minsk and Moscow in African defence markets

Lukashenko slaloms between West and Syria

Abu Dhabi makes moves on Minsk

Secret meeting at Pentagon

Lukashenko visits Beijing to strengthen ties

Mystery French delegation visits Minsk

Military delegation visits Minsk

Discreet armaments meetings

Washington and Minsk talk defence

Magnezi, link between Minsk and Tel Aviv

Belarus closes weapons warehouses

PR for Belarusian potash

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