CIS launches financial intelligence operation 'Orion'

Financial intelligence remains last Russian bastion open to international cooperation 

The discreet Russian financial intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring, which has been closely involved in international cooperation against the financing of terrorism, is an anomaly among Russian agencies, keeping the door open to cooperation on intelligence sharing with foreign partners.

Moscow stirs up personal data hornet's nest 

Personal data, biometric data, civil registration: Russia's lawmakers have been tweaking the law to give its security services greater control of these hot-button files.

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Afghan tensions affords Bishkek spymasters strategic regional role 

Taking advantage of the renewed prominence of Central Asia following the Afghan outbursts, the Kyrgyz spymasters are seeking to consolidate their position and to assert the interests of Bishkek in the regional dynamics between Beijing, Islamabad and New Delhi.

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.

FSB confirms place in Russia's financial intelligence unit 

Ivan Kornev was appointed deputy director of Russia's financial intelligence service, the Rosfinmonitoring, on 28 December. Before his promotion, Kornev

External intelligence returns to KNB fold 

A decree was published last month taking away the independence

SVR insistant on security cooperation with Alexander Lukashenko 

On a visit to Belarus on July 7, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the SVR, Russia's external intelligence service, reiterated