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French watchdog seeks greater remit, Ukraine's GUR, intel master's degree changes venue, KGB and FSB cross swords

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv and Minsk.

France CNCTR wants dibs on sovereignty files

Ukraine Budanov's deputy moves into the limelight

France Intel degree moves from Toulon to Saint-Cyr military academy

Russia/Belarus FSB and KGB bicker at the border

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Canada's CSIS criticised, Zvinchuk hiring, NATO approaches Ukraine intelligence, CCP's candidate for Taiwan, Lahur Talabani spoils the party

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Erbil to Ottawa via Saint Petersburg, Kyiv and Taipei.

Canada/ChinaCSIS at heart of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing

RussiaTelegram channel close to military intelligence is hiring

Ukraine/EuropeNATO boosts cooperation with security teams

TaiwanCCP sees ex-police officer Hou Yu-ih as best shot at presidency

IraqLahur Talabani throws spanner in election plans

Russia lobbying hard for its Mir payment system, from Moscow to Hanoi

Moscow is ramping up efforts to convince Vietnam to adopt the Mir payment system, citing the Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank as an early adopter. Russia's objective is to guarantee its hydrocarbon contracts are paid, but Hanoi, currently rethinking its geopolitical position, is being cautious.

The behind-the-scenes players of Moscow and Naypyidaw's defence relations

The former head of Russia's military-technical cooperation, Mikhail Dmitriev, has gradually become a key player in the defence partnership between Russia and Myanmar, in no small part thanks to his Myanmar homologue's ties to the head of state.

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Austria pessimistic over Ukraine, Russian soft power for Africa summit, Europol reaches out to Kyiv

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

AustriaAnalysts not optimistic about Ukraine's chances

RussiaRussian influence agency supports African journalists

UkraineAsset recovery agency steps in line with Europol

Guillaume de Villiers takes luxury property outfit Barnes and security and intelligence firm Oriol to Dubai

Guillaume de Villiers, a veteran of private security and luxury property in Russia, is prospecting in Dubai, a safe haven for wealthy Russians fleeing Moscow and Western sanctions.

Moscow investigations firm Gambit Global Intelligence expands Emirati footprint

The small company, which specialises in complex transnational investigations and has good connections from Geneva to Dubai, is taking advantage of the exodus of its Western competitors on the Russian market.

NATO intelligence fears Russian access to Link 16 technology after Black Sea crash of Reaper drone

Russia's recovery of certain strategic bricks - including optronics, satcom and Link 16 data - on the Reaper that crashed into the Black Sea last month could have a critical impact.

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Vladimir Kazadaev opens doors to Russian firms for defence contracts with Naypyidaw

Documents obtained by Intelligence Online reveal the extent of Moscow's efforts to build trade with Myanmar, where delegations of Russian executives and engineers have flocked of late. Vladimir Kazadaev's recent appointment as Russia's trade representative there is the latest example of Moscow's trade push.

Ultra-nationalists take swipe at Pope's Russian relays

With the tacit approval of their chaperons in the Russian Orthodox Church and intelligence services, nationalist and religious activists have been waging a coordinated campaign against Pope Francis and his Muscovite networks over the past few weeks.

Russian and Chinese coast guards draw closer in North Pacific

Moscow and Beijing are coordinating their North Pacific border security efforts, and in doing so are stoking the flames of Russia and Japan's unresolved dispute over the four Kuril Islands.

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Taiwanese in Milan, Damascus and the Arab League, Russian customs chief

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

Italy/TaiwanTaipei uses business to renew political dialogue in Milan

SyriaArab League invitation but not reintegration on the cards for Damascus

RussiaCustoms chief succession causes headache

Donetsk takes a page from Russia's anti-terrorist playbook

The self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk's main security and intelligence institution has handed the keys for its security infrastructure to Russian emissaries.

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Russian vulnerabilities reseller Operation Zero tries its luck in the Gulf

The zero-day vulnerabilities firm headed by Russian hacker Sergei Zelenyuk has been prospecting in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

London leak at heart of Russian prosecutor's plan to capture FESCO assets

A Russian court has used a London Court of International Arbitration decision to justify confiscating the assets of shipping giant FESCO, amid a four-year battle between its shareholders Ziyavudin Magomedov and Mikhail Rabinovich. The Russian prosecutor was not forthcoming about how he got his hands on the normally confidential ruling.