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The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front

The Tech Telegraph
HawkEye and Sierra Nevada swap staff, Russian electronic warfare warrior 3MX, BGR fails to save Sandvine

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

San Antonio, TexasSierra Nevada Corp and HawkEye 360 staff criss-cross paths

MoscowRussia's 3MX anti-drone tools swarm battle front

WashingtonBGR fails to keep Sandvine off US blacklist

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE's missing bigwig, SIS's white male problem, Beijing's Moscow capital curbs

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France Glaring no-show at Émié's DGSE leaving do

UK Despite the positive PR, SIS still overly white and male

China/Russia CCP checks Moscow money transfers

Beijing lets North Korean workers protest near border to pressure Pyongyang

North Korean workers in China are protesting near the border with North Korea under the watchful eye of China's Ministry of State Security. Kim Jong-un's regime can't do anything to stop the demonstrations, except realign itself to Beijing's interests.

Spotlight
Kyiv's elite Shaman battalion waging a secret war against Moscow

Ukrainian strike campaigns against Russian industrial infrastructure rely heavily on Ukraine's clandestine military intelligence Shaman unit.

GU extends agent recruitment drive to Scandinavia, Balkans

The Russian military intelligence service is expanding its network of 'sleeper' agents beyond the Eastern European area it had initially targeted. Potential recruits are enlisted online, using a 'bot' that Intelligence Online has tested.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Blacklight Intelligence, VTB hones in on Telman Ismailov, ex-Fulcrum lawyer goes solo, wave of departures at Blackpeak

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

LondonPiers Lunnon-Wood splits time between Satori and Blacklight

Moscow/PodgoricaPolitical scandal puts Telman Ismailov back in VTB's line of sight

SuffolkEx-Fulcrum lawyer Warren Foot opens his own firm

Washington/SingaporeWave of departures at Blackpeak

Ukrainian military intelligence dissects Russian Zala Lancet-3 drone

The GUR has undertaken a detailed examination of the Russian-made kamikaze drone following its capture last week, gathering information to be used to thwart Moscow's supply channels for Western technology.

Moscow steps up against Kyiv's 'Army of Drones'

The Russian military is carrying out frontline tests of a new version of its Orlan-30B dedicated to electronic warfare to counter the swarm of low-cost, DIY Ukrainian drones.

Shadow war simmers as Russia targets French interests

Moscow's targeting of interests presented as French in Ukraine fits within a particular context on the ground.

GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

The Russian military intelligence agency is using an anonymous bot on the Telegram social network to hire "sleeping" agents for hybrid warfare operations

Space intelligence programmes in Africa adapt to raging geopolitical storms

The problems encountered by Moscow in its space observation programmes are having a direct impact on Russian partnerships with African countries. The main beneficiary is China, but Washington is trying to get back in the game too.

Macron's Ukraine trip delayed due to lack of Mirage 2000D news

Emmanuel Macron's trip to Ukraine, scheduled for 13 and 14 February, has been postponed to a later date.

The Agencies' Gazette
Foreign interference in France, Russia's 201st base in Tajikistan, Beijing snubs Marseille

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France A draft bill to combat foreign interference

Russia/Tajikistan Moscow honours its favourite military historian in Dushanbe

France/China Beijing snubs Marseille's Euromaritime Festival