Moldova's main intelligence agency, the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), has not lost its bearings in recent months despite the huge challenges it faces which were made worse by the war in neighbouring Ukraine. The SIS is channelling much of its energy into preventing so-called 'subversive' activities on its territory intended to destabilise the state and its institutions. The Russian invasion of Ukraine which revived unrest in its breakaway region of Transnistria has acted as a reminder