Spotlight | Russia
Afinogenov serves as intermediary between Novatek, Total and Russian security services

The Agencies' Gazette
'Advanced deterrence', Beijing in Myanmar, DGSE departure, ex-AIVD head, death of NSC figure

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

France‘Advanced deterrence' under discussion since 2023

ChinaCCP sends agents to contain Myanmar rebels

FranceSenior DGSE India expert leaves for private sector

Netherlands/ItalyFormer AIVD head joins Dataflow Security board

RussiaPutin loses intelligence coordination architect

Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Axel Krueger, Swiss adviser for oil traders, in Gazprombank's sights

Veteran mining and oil industry consultant and financier Axel Krueger is caught up in a legal battle in London where his business partner, oil trader Mourat Seitnepesov, is being sued by the Luxembourg subsidiary of Russia's Gazprombank, recently targeted by British sanctions.

France, Russia
Rosatom and Gazprom talk hydrogen in Paris

Hailed as the next big thing by European governments searching for viable alternatives to fossil fuels, hydrogen is paving the way for new partnerships between French and Russian gas and nuclear companies.

Russia
The Russian ramifications of Murtaza Lakhani's oil-finance empire

Igor Sechin, the man carrying Putin's Artic oil ambitions, has a host of reliable and long-standing partners to count on, not least Murtaza Lakhani, whose Mercantile & Maritime group will acquire shares in Rosneft's new mega-project.

Russia
XL, Swiss Re and Russian sovereign fund in court battle over grounded Gulfstream

An insurance dispute over a small private business jet in Abu Dhabi has shed light on the RDIF's financing arrangements.

Russia
Ivanov, Putin's well-informed environment adviser

Putin's special representatives have come closer into his political and security inner circle in recent years, gaining privileged access to the Kremlin official cable system.

France, Russia
The French employers with a RDV in Moscow in April

Moscow will play host to two bilateral economic initiatives on April 18, even as relations between Russia and France remain rather cool.