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Russia
Russian soft power services and agencies promote Russian unity in North Caucasus and Crimea

Away from the military front, Russia and Ukraine are also waging an influence war, with Moscow trying to foster loyalty to the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus ethnic Muslim republics.

Yemen
Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Presidency counts on Moscow to mediate in Yemen conflict

Increasingly involved in Yemen, Russia has mobilised its external intelligence service to cooperate with Riyadh in identifying how Iran is getting weapons to the Houthi militia forces.

Russia
Russian financial intelligence service looks to recruit new generation of analysts

As it is gradually pushed out of international financial surveillance organisations, Russia's financial intelligence service Rosfinmonitoring is counting on its connections with local and Central Asian universities to provide new recruits and keep up its foreign partnerships.

Belarus, Russia
Leak spares key figures of Kremlin's Belarus policy

A document leaked by a consortium of journalists has shed light on some of the Russian networks in charge of increasing Moscow's influence in Minsk. But there are also a handful of individuals shaping and reshaping Russia's Belarus policy left unmasked and still working from behind the scenes.

The Intelligence Gazette
Kovalchuk clan in Kremlin, INIS fights corruption, Washington in Riyadh, Beijing and its reservists, China's model ambassador in Paris

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Moscow to Baghdad, via Washington, Riyadh and Beijing.

RussiaKovalchuk clan adds another link to Kremlin spymasters

IraqINIS helps with Sudani's crackdown on corruption

United States/Saudi ArabiaWashington calls for greater intelligence sharing with Gulf Cooperation Council

ChinaBeijing relies on reserves to expand PLA

ChinaLu Shaye, ambassador in Paris, in Beijing's good graces

Russia, Ukraine
Russian intelligence puts down roots in Donetsk

Firmly established in Donbas for many years, Russia's intelligence services have been gradually taking over the dense security apparatus in Donetsk.

Russia
Russian intelligence community anxious about open source leaks

Alert to the risks of strategic intelligence leaks, the Russian government has changed the status of intelligence services so that they and their suppliers are not mentioned on public service portals.

The Intelligence Gazette
Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

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 look at Moscow, Washington, Paris, Sofia and Beirut.

France Intelligence Academy advertises for new director

Lebanon Berri joins push to extend Ibrahim's mandate

Russia Intelligence at forefront of fight against drones

United States CIA publication review process questioned

Bulgaria Internal security under scrutiny

Russia
Financial incentives and social perks aplenty to attract new Russian intelligence talent

A series of measures has been taken since the start of the year in Russia in response to the country's military and intelligence human resource needs. The plan is to hire more broadly and improve the attractiveness of jobs in the security apparatus.

Spotlight | Russia
Russian intelligence has eyes and ears on military research

Military research institutes are key players in the war in Ukraine and an integral part of the Kremlin's strategy to establish an entirely local manufacturing chain. Intelligence services are all the more vigilant about potential R&D-related leaks.

Spotlight | China, Russia
Chinese zero-day hunters skirt restrictions via Russian platforms

Increasing numbers of Chinese vulnerability researchers are selling their findings via specialised Russian platforms, in the context of stricter regulation of the sector in China. The emerging trend also puts China's ability to collect zero days via cohorts of disciplined hackers into perspective.