Moscow stirs up personal data hornet's nest

• 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.

• 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.
  

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.

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