Russia
FSB poised for additional responsibilities under new national security strategy

Russia
Kremlin's protection arm prevails in information war

The Russian state security agency, the FSO, has new responsibilities regarding information security. It must rub elbows with several other departments and especially with the FSB.

The Intelligence Gazette
Shin Bet denied, Putin happy with envoys in Finland, Beijing changes military judicial system, FSB monitors IT operators, OFAC expands scope, French alcohol in Riyadh

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Aqaba to Moscow via Helsinki, Washington, Paris, Riyadh and Beijing.

Israel/Jordan Shin Bet boss caught out in Aqaba

Russia/Finland Putin rewards his envoys to Finland

China Xi prepares for possible war with changes to military legal system

Russia FSB steps up surveillance of IT operators

United States OFAC works towards better public-private interaction

France/Arabia Tensions over alcohol supply chains

Russia
Private sector reaches out to Russia's future cryptography centre

The new national cryptography centre planned for 2024 is now to be finished before the end of the year. To meet the altered deadline, the intelligence services have stepped in and are calling on their go-to providers.

The Intelligence Gazette
Tracfin, Shin Bet in Cairo, FSB's coast guards, the SBU

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Tracfin, Shin Bet in Cairo, FSB's coast guards, the SBU.

FranceTracfin seeks new chief to boost technical department.

Israel/EgyptRonen Bar on reconciliation mission in Cairo.

RussiaFSB coast guards take the plunge.

UkraineDeath a regional SBU head sparks probe.

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia
FSB keeps close watch on Caucasian borders

The FSB's border patrol is hard at work in the highly volatile Caucasus region, along Russian borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The number of control sites is growing and growing.

Russia
Operation new recruits: Russian intelligence targets conscripts and students

The increased human resource needs of the intelligence services has lead them to expand their pool of candidates to include those from the army and universities. These drives are being supported by the adoption of new legislative measures by the Duma.

Spotlight | Russia
New national security strategy moves up a gear on "information confrontation"

Russian intelligence services have got moving following the publication of the national security strategy which targets, as a central focus, information warfare.

Russia
Sergei Korolev to carry Shanghai Pact's anti-terrorism flag

Russia has appointed rising intelligence star Sergei Korolev to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, as it renews its membership with the regional alliance and ramps up efforts to counter various groups it qualifies as terrorist or extremist.

Russia
Putin struggles to renew strategic guard in Middle East

Faced with significant diplomatic and security stakes in that part of the world, the Kremlin is renewing the close guard of siloviki in charge of Russian strategy in the Midle East. But it is struggling to include the younger generation.

Russia
Evgeni Primakov Jr renews Russian soft power as head of Rossotrudnichestvo

An influence tool and relay of Moscow's intelligence apparatus, the Rossotrudnichestvo, Moscow's cultural relations arm, is seeking new opportunities.

Russia, Sudan
FSB's online monitoring supplier makes moves in Khartoum

To aid its charm offensive in Africa, Moscow can count on a faithful relay in Andrei Masalovich, an ex-Russian intelligence colonel whose company Avalanche markets secure communications technology.

Russia
Kremlin retools Russian intelligence apparatus in Armenia

Shaken up by events in its traditional fief of Armenia, the Kremlin has replaced its people in Yerevan in the wake of the protests that shook the country last April.

Spotlight | China, Russia, United States
Nations wrangle over cyber-war rules

Although they are quick to accuse one another of state-sponsored hacking, for the past two years Russia, China and the United States have been engaged in a strategic dialogue to establish an international legal framework for cyber-warfare, which by its [.

Russia
MOSCOW'S COMPUTER SECURITY SCARE

"Informational security" has become one of the major concerns of Russian intelligence in recent times. The FSB is presently negotiating [...]