KGB

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's security council drafts new military doctrine

The Kazakh government's desire to strengthen its grip on the security apparatus has prompted it to launch an ambitious project to reform it, which is being carried out by recently appointed officials.

Belarus
Power-struggles cause turmoil in Minsk security circles

Smear campaigns, orchestrated leaks and a coup plot: with Belarus' role in the war in Ukraine in the balance, the country's political and security elite have been struggling to have President Alexander Lukashenko's ear and the support of the intelligence services.

France, Russia
As top French firms quit Russia, what next for their local security contractors?

Russian private security firms, known as "chops", are continuing to prosper in Moscow, even though some of their top clients from France - CAC40 companies - are pulling out of the Russian market.

Russia, Ukraine
Russian influence activists got busy behind recognition of Donbas republics

The champions of Russia's protection of its "compatriots" - Russian-speaking descendants of the USSR that Moscow is trying to reconquer or keep in its cultural fold - were going all-out to support Moscow's latest moves in Ukraine.

European Union, Kazakhstan
Former Kazakh KGB operatives to provide security for EU delegation in Nur-Sultan

Former Kazakh armed forces and intelligence service veterans, now working for private sector security operator Grupp Chetyre, are to provide protection for the EU delegation in Kazakhstan.

Azerbaijan, France, Russia
Baku exasperated by 'influence operations' in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia's normalisation of its relations with Turkey, paving the way for reconciliation with Azerbaijan, have kicked off with gusto. But the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has grave concerns about what he believes to be attempted influence campaigns in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Kazakhstan
Fall of Nazarbayev's sons-in-law prompts restructuring of Kazakhstan's oil sector

The protests in Kazakhstan have had an impact on the energy sector, which has seen heads roll among those close to ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Russia's SVR is keeping a close watch on proceedings.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE, Kazakhstan's KGB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Paris the DGSE adopts a TREX

Nur-Sultan the new KNB master's rise signals victory for the Tokayev camp

Paris DGSE more careful on the internet than DGSI

Spotlight | China, Russia
Russian soft power ups ambitions in Central Asia for 2022

Moscow has grand plans for its networks of influence abroad over the coming year, starting with the need to maintain its declining dominance in Central Asia. But these ambitious goals could come up against the situation in Kazakhstan, where India, China and other powers are using their own approaches.