Austria, Russia
Vienna's large spy population under close observation

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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

Russia
Russia diplomacy redraws map

As Moscow grows increasingly isolated from the West, it is turning toward Asia and preparing to transfer large numbers of staff from its European to its Asian department.

Europe, Russia
Ukraine war plunges Russian embassies in Europe into uncertainty

Moscow's diplomatic missions in Western Europe, which parrot the Kremlin line on the Ukraine conflict, remain suspended on the fate of Western embassies in the Russian capital. This is despite the fact that, the expulsions of the last few years notwithstanding, the embassies last year were boosted by the arrival of new intelligence officers.

Austria
New international team at Austrian intelligence brings hopes for a fresh era

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's 11 October resignation - which has sparked a new political crisis for Austria - coincides with local intelligence trying to escape its own political turmoil.

Austria, Belarus
Raiffeisen Bank reluctantly gets on board with EU sanctions against Minsk

The new sanctions against Belarus are not at all to the liking of the powerful Raiffeisen Bank International, which has a strong presence in the country. It has however been able to count on Vienna, as well its networks in Brussels, to plead its case.

Austria, Europe
Austria's internal intelligence service still out in the cold

Relations between Vienna and its European security allies are worsening as the row continues between the Austrian intelligence services and their political overseers of the far right Freedom Party.

Austria
Internal intelligence squeezed

Austria's intelligence services are under increasing pressure from allied countries, [...]