The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI number crunch, asset hunt in Kyiv, anti-disinformation in China, DGSE succession

France
French foreign ministry to set up 24/7 disinformation watch

The 2024 budget allocation of France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs provides additional funds to enable it to mount a permanent online disinformation watch and counterspeech response.

The Agencies' Gazette
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

Ukraine
Ukrainian asset recovery agency replenishes military coffers

Behind the military front in Kyiv is a war for control of private assets. Registered on Ukrainian soil, these assets and entities can be seized under criminal investigations or on the basis of sanctions, then sold for the benefit of the country's defence system.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Kyiv to appoint new head of asset recovery

Ukraine's asset recovery agency, another of the country's anti-corruption tools, is following Kyiv's good governance path and focussing its efforts on managing assets seized from sanctioned individuals.

China
Xi Jinping reveals plan for new state technologies

Chinese tech giants Tecent, Alibaba and ByteDance have been enlisted to carry out President Xi Jinping's internet and cyber governance plans ahead of the 20th Chinese Party Congress in October.