Russia
Moscow stirs up personal data hornet's nest

The Intelligence Gazette
Moldovan security council, Russia's data border crack down, Xi Jinping and Moscow, Ankara struggling with PKK

Moldova
Presidential cabinet musical chairs.

Russia
Roskomnadzor strengthens border controls.

China/Russia
Beijing gets involved in peace efforts in Europe.

Turkey/Iraq
Ankara searches for equipment to fight PKK in northern Iraq.

The Intelligence Gazette
Georgian protection service promoted, Rosfinmonitoring active in the Donbass, post-Kadhimi clean-out continues in Iraq, DGSI right to consult medical records confirmed

Georgia
state protection service moves up a rung.

Russia/Ukraine
Promsvyazbank moves into the Donbass under the eye of Russian financial intelligence.

Iraq
Mohammed Shia Al Sudani's purge of the security services continues.

France
Intelligence services' right to consult medical records from the public health system confirmed.

Russia
Small legislative revolutions in store for Russia's private security sector

With mistrust growing across the board, Moscow is looking for ways to better control the tchopi, or private security firms, operating on Russian territory while at the same time tap into their more in-the-field presence to support the state security services.

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
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 [...]