Russia, Ukraine
Moscow's new high command embarks on three-stage scorched earth offensive

Russia
Moscow worried about underground dissenter officers club

The Order of the Republic are a network of Russian officers united in their opposition to Russia's war on Ukraine, and to Vladimir Putin's presidency. They have already struck several blows to the 'special military operation', under the watchful eye of Russia's intelligence services.

Russia
FSB comes back in from the cold

Benefitting from the rising number of incidents on Russia's periphery and the careful staging of its response to these, the national security service has returned to the forefront of Russian politics after being given the cold shoulder over its strategic errors on Ukraine.

Belarus, Russia
Russia ramps up strategic disinformation campaign north of Ukraine

To divert Kyiv's attentions away from the main theatres of war in Ukraine's east and south, Russian intelligence services and private military companies are conducting a growing number of manoeuvres in Belarus. Information about these operations is being carefully 'leaked'.

Russia
Kremlin ploughs more funding and staff into Russian Federation Investigative Committee

Russia's 2023 budget earmarks more funding for military investigators for the Russian Federation Investigative Committee, whose director Alexander Bastrykin has an in-tray overflowing with Ukrainian 'war crimes', sabotage, foreign agent and corruption cases.

The Intelligence Gazette
French DGSI's new hiring cell, Rosgvardia's deputy directors, Tel Aviv boosts Albanian cyber, New York jet-setter wins case against Moscow

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Paris, Tel Aviv, Tirana and Moscow.

FranceDGSI's new recruitment cell.

RussiaA new deputy for Zolotov.

Israel/AlbaniaTel Aviv pledges cyber security boost to Tirana.

France/RussiaMoscow loses case in Paris court.

Russia
New FSB special forces chief takes charge

Alexander Bondarenko is the new commander of the FSB's special forces and will oversee counter-terrorism, critical infrastructure protection and operational support operations in Ukraine. Predecessor Alexander Tikhonov is stepping down following a legal scandal.

Russia
Vladimir Selin: the FSB's man in charge of protecting state secrets

Vladimir Selin, head of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, also heads the inter-ministerial committee for the protection of state secrets, which is tightly controlled by the FSB. Its main purpose is to oversee the systems used to protect vital, strategic information.

Russia
Russia-based French security consultant Charles d'Anjou behind new media outlet Omerta

From his long-standing base in Moscow, where he has forged a strong network within Russia's security circles, French businessman Charles d'Anjou set up the news site in the space of a few months with former RT journalist Régis Le Sommier at the helm.

Spotlight | France, Russia
Moscow poised to recover funds in French court asset tracking case

An upcoming French court decision could see the properties belonging to the New York wife of a former Moscow official, accused of fraud in Russia, seized by the French state. With Moscow still under sanctions, such an outcome could change the way Russia goes about claiming assets.

Russia
Russian counter-intelligence preps for risk of revolt against draft

The Russian domestic intelligence service, the FSB, has set up a special unit to monitor anti-war sentiment in the country. An influence operation has already been deployed to Dagestan.

Israel, Ukraine
Iranian drone reports could see Israel increase intelligence cooperation with Ukraine

Tel Aviv has been treading on eggshells with both Kyiv and Moscow since the start of the Ukrainian conflict, but may slightly shift its position in the light of reports of Iranian drones allegedly being used by Russia.

Russia, Ukraine
Kyiv and Moscow battle it out at Financial Action Task Force

Despite Ukraine's efforts to have it excluded from international finance systems, Russia has managed to keep off the international Financial Action Task Force's blacklist, thanks to skilled lobbying and taking advantage of the task force's procedural idiosyncrasies.