ALL ARTICLES - Russia

Petr Konyushenko, Russia's new energy honcho in Donbass

The director of Rosatom's electricity trading subsidiary is launching a business in Ukrainian regions controlled by Moscow.

Russian tax authorities watchful of counter-proliferation issues with Pyongyang

The rapprochement between Pyongyang and Moscow, illustrated by Kim Jong-un's recent visit to Vladimir Putin, has not deterred Russia's tax authorities from taking a keen interest in counter-proliferation issues with North Korea.

FSB on alert as Wagner fighters head home

The return of these soldiers to their families is being closely monitored by the intelligence service, which fears social unrest. Many of these mercenaries have neither been paid nor received the social benefits they were promised, and refuse to join the regular forces.

The Intelligence Gazette
Voatz vs Minsk, Russkiy Mir, biometric controls in Israel, Wang Yi in DC

US/Belarus
Belarusian opposition in talks with secure online voting platform Voatz

Russia
Tolstoy descendant to promote Russian soft power

Israel
Biometric cameras against foreign spies

China/United States
Wang Yi expected in Washington in early October

Ammertex, a gateway for FSB surveillance service providers' imports in Singapore

As the West tries to step up economic pressure on Moscow, Russian intelligence service providers are looking for outlets in Asia. The small company Ammertex has become a favourite in Singapore.

Atlas, encryptor-in-chief to Kremlin and intelligence services

Encryption specialist and partner of domestic intelligence Atlas is reinforcing its position as top service provider to Russian ministries.

Vladislav Buzdin, a Russian master in tactical intelligence AI

Buzdin, an artificial intelligence genius in the domain of defence is set to join the Cyclone research centre to use his talents to help Moscow's technological war effort in the field of drones.

The Intelligence Gazette
Vladimir Osechkin, French military attaché in Yerevan, new Belt & Road preparations

France/Russia
Communicator Vladimir Osechkin exposed for false defector evacuations

France/Armenia/Azerbaijan
Paris's impossible balancing act in Yerevan

China
Third Belt & Road forum preparations underway in Beijing

R&D centre Cyclone drives Moscow's intelligence algorithm gains

As the war in Ukraine continues, the research and development centre has quietly been developing detection algorithms for the Russian military intelligence's observation drones.

The Tech Times
Russia updates Akatsiya, French dual-use exporter's new clients, Israel's Cognyte equips Italy's gendarmes

Moscow
Ruselectronics unveils new version of GEOINT data fusion tool

Paris
Georgia and Uruguay join crypto and interceptions clients

Rome
Italy's Guardia acquires OSINT from Israel's Cognyte

Ukraine's August raids in Crimea used British equipment and expertise

The audacious raids carried out by Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service in Crimea used technologies provided by Britain's Royal Navy.

Spotlight
ERA 'technopolis': Russia's tactical intelligence secret weapon

The military innovation centre is developing artificial intelligence recognition systems never seen before in Russia's electronic warfare arsenal.

Presidential administration orders staff to toe ideological line

The president's executive office, which was long considered a bastion of pragmatism, has been told to stay closer to the official ideological line. A memo to this effect is currently being circulated internally.

Spotlight
Moscow revives timid attempt to recruit Hungarian fighters

As it continues to drive a recruitment campaign for Serbian fighters to bulk up its armed forces, Russia has dusted off a shelved project to do the same among the ethnic Hungarian population.

The Intelligence Gazette
FSB in the Black Sea, French cyber labs, Warsaw's spy clinic, US's emotional intel training

Russia
FSB border guards rule over Black Sea coast

France
Britanny's new cyber lab

Poland
Military intelligence clinic gets new status

United States
Emotional intelligence course for elite commandos

The Tech Times
Kronstadt launches production of Sirius drone; Helsing's algorithms used in German acoustic warfare; Jonathan Evans leaves Darktrace

Moscow
Russia acquires satcom-equipped MALE drones from Kronstadt

Munich
Helsing develops AI algorithms for German Navy

London
Jonathan Evans leaves Darktrace and joins HolistiCyber