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The Agencies' Gazette
Harris leaves NCA, Belarusian bonds, MIT's loss, Chinese narrative in France, DGSE book launch

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

United KingdomConsultant Toby Harris steps away from NCA

Russia/BelarusInfowar on Belarusian bonds

Turkey/United StatesLong-standing MIT-CIA go-between dies

France/ChinaChinese TV seeks guests unopposed to Xi's official visit to Paris

FranceBook of DGSE officer interviews set to hit the shelves

More electronic warfare specialists join Russia's military-industrial commission

Electronic warfare industry experts have recently joined the board of Russia's powerful military-industrial commission, as the Kremlin seeks to harmonise production by the sector's leading companies.

Safe from sanctions, part 1: 'Patriotic' Russian MP Anikeyev stashes his millions in Dubai

Russia's richest MP is a self-proclaimed patriot under Western sanctions who has quietly invested his fortune in Dubai real estate with the help of both his wife and ex-wife.

The Agencies' Gazette
Russian contraband, Xi Jinping delays Paris trip, FATF worries Monaco

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

Russia/Iran/Azerbaijan FSB foils contraband of Tor missile components

China Xi puts Paris visit on ice after third plenum delay

Monaco Financial market holds breath over FATF report

Russia's NAIIS, dormant cyber think-tank and sinecure for ex-spies

In partial hibernation since its creation in 2018, the National Association for International Information Security (NAIIS) hosts retirees from the KGB and FSB as well as experts close to the national security council.

The Tech Telegraph
McMahon to NightDragon, Tracfin beefs up tech team, new Russian electronic warfare system heads to front

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

San Francisco McMahon joins cyber-focused fund NightDragon

Paris Tracfin beefs up technical unit

Voronezh Sozvezdie Concern delivers huge SIGINT order to front

Serbian recruits in Luhansk rebel amid intra-elite election competition

As Russia's ruling clans prepare to do battle in the lead up to March's presidential elections, troops on the ground see the intra-elite tensions as a means to push for better conditions.

Russian zero-day exploit researchers prosper in Barcelona

Catalonia is attracting a growing number of fleeing Russian cyber specialists.

Russian Senate drives efforts to annex occupied Ukrainian territories

The parliament's upper house low-profile Council for the Integration of the Reunified Territories is the node of legislative and executive efforts to get these annexations plans off the ground. Intelligence Online was able to consult the body's 2024 action plan.

Andrey Davidovich, opening doors for cyber consultants from Tel Aviv to Moscow

Businessman Andrey Davidovich builds bridges between Israeli and Russian businesses in the sector. He is also in a position to fill the space left by Israeli cyber consultants in Myanmar to the benefit of their Russian counterparts.

Russia planning for half a million North Koreans to replace Muslim construction workers

Amid concessions to Pyongyang and the FSB's new ethno-security considerations, Moscow is secretly preparing to import 500,000 North Korean workers.

FSB contractor maintains links with US tech company

The FORS Group provides a way for Oracle technology to find its way into Russia.

Former Alpha Group exec rewarded by the Kremlin launches asset tracking business from Dubai

Headed by the former manager of Alpha Group's A1, Andrey Elinson, the asset managing firm Inweasta is expanding its asset tracking and litigation funding activities from its base in Dubai.

The Agencies' Gazette
Russian dissident in the Commons, Xi Jinping to visit Marseille, foreign investment in France, Russian intelligence review

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

United Kingdom Russian dissident to attend parliamentary hearing

FranceMarseille favourite to host Xi Jinping in spring

FranceForeign investment control measure confirmed

RussiaA new historical review for espionage fans