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SVR

The SVR, the Russian external intelligence service, is the successor of the general directorate of the KGB and deals with civil intelligence gathering on behalf of the Kremlin. It is in permanent competition with Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, which has more means and a bigger staff. President Vladimir Putin recently decided to merge the two services into a single Soviet-style ministry of security. Intelligence Online is closely tracking the project.

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FRANCE 17/10/2007

Discreet Russian Visit

Among many European delegations turning up for the Milipol security exhibition in Paris last week was Federalnaya Sluzhba Okhrany (FSO) [...]

RUSSIA 05/07/2007

Sokol and Cifal Tutor French Firms

Two firms have positioned themselves to serve as consultants and business facilitators for French multinationals in Moscow. [...]

CHINA 22/03/2007

Guoanbu Settles in Georgia & Ukraine

Beijing has launched an unprecedented offensive to establish multi-role intelligence agencies both in Ukraine and Georgia. [...]

GERMANY 08/02/2007

What BND Was Up To In Middle East

Despite his legal wrangles with the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) last year, the journalist and historian Erich Schmidt-Eenboom went onto the offensive [...]

JAPAN RUSSIA 27/10/2005

Tokyo Stumbles in Fight Against SVR

Announced by the Tokyo police last week, the arrest of an employee of Toshiba once again underscores efforts by Russian intelligence to glean secrets in Japan. [...]

UNITED STATES 27/10/2005

How to Shield Infrastructure

With a market worth an estimated $170 billion next year, the Homeland Security industry is attracting newcomers. [...]

RUSSIA 17/02/2005

Primakov Russia's Traveling Salesman in Middle East

Currently the president of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and [...]

RUSSIA 16/12/2004

Yevgeni Primakov, Advisor to Lukoil

The former prime minister and ex director of Russia's foreign [...]

CHINA 29/01/2004

A Regional Anti-Terror Outfit

The fight against radical Islam counts among the chief concerns of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that opened a regional [...]

IRAQ RUSSIA 17/04/2003

How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

Diplomatic sources in Moscow and Damascus say Russian officials negotiated with Saddam Hussein and his sons to persuade them to give up defending Baghdad in return for assistance as they fled the country. [...]

IRAQ RUSSIA 14/03/2002

How long will Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR pretend to know nothing about visits by Iraqi military officials to nearby Belarus?

According to diplomatic sources in Moscow, 20 senior Iraqi officers [...]

MIDDLE EAST RUSSIA 28/02/2002

Red Mercury is Back in Business

The so-called "red mercury" scam that caught a lot of people interested in radioactive substances in its net has been revived. Intelligence agencies see the rip-off as a way of tracing would-be buyers of nuclear materials. [...]

AFGHANISTAN SAUDI ARABIA 29/11/2001

Saudi Regime Again Betrayed by its Own

Prince Abdallah is working to get ulemas in Saudi Arabia to tone down their sometimes loud support for Ossama Bin Laden, even after the events of Sept. 11. [...]

UNITED STATES RUSSIA 22/02/2001

Betrayed by his Palm Pilot

Robert Hanssen, who seems destined to become one of the [...]

UNITED STATES 22/02/2001

Counter-Espionage Shake-Up Looms

Shaken by two major disasters in the space of a [...]

SLOVAKIA 12/10/2000

An Intelligence Chief's Dire Dealings

Ever since September Slovakia has been rocked each week by fresh allegations of fraud and other misdemeanors against Ivan Lexa, [...]

AFGHANISTAN CENTRAL ASIA 14/09/2000

Talibans Grand Design in Central Asia

While the Talibans are pressing a new offensive against their old enemy commander Massud in Afghanistan they are also taking [...]

JAPAN 14/09/2000

Major Haul for Russian Spies

The GRU's bureau in the Russian embassy in Tokyo suddenly looked smaller on Sept. 9 when one of its six [...]

RUSSIA 15/06/2000

SVR's New Game Plan

President Vladimir Putin's appointment of a new director for the Russian intelligence service Sluzba Vechnei Razvedki (SVR) on May 20 [...]

RUSSIA 15/06/2000

Sergei Lebedev

Aged 52, lieutenant general Sergei Lebedev was named new head of the Russian foreign intelligence agency SVR in a decree [...]

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Discreet Russian Visit

Sokol and Cifal Tutor French Firms

Guoanbu Settles in Georgia & Ukraine

What BND Was Up To In Middle East

Tokyo Stumbles in Fight Against SVR

How to Shield Infrastructure

Primakov Russia's Traveling Salesman in Middle East

Yevgeni Primakov, Advisor to Lukoil

A Regional Anti-Terror Outfit

How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

How long will Russia's foreign intelligence service SVR pretend to know nothing about visits by Iraqi military officials to nearby Belarus?

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Saudi Regime Again Betrayed by its Own

Betrayed by his Palm Pilot

Counter-Espionage Shake-Up Looms

An Intelligence Chief's Dire Dealings

Talibans Grand Design in Central Asia

Major Haul for Russian Spies

SVR's New Game Plan

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