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Central Asia, Germany
Consultant Konstantin Panovko thriving in Berlin despite loss of Russian oligarch clients

The Berlin-based communications and government relations consultant close to Russian magnate Alisher Usmanov is distancing himself from businessmen hit by sanctions and bolstering his advisory role with Central Asian governments.

The Intelligence Gazette
Voatz vs Minsk, Russkiy Mir, biometric controls in Israel, Wang Yi in DC

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 bring news from Moscow, Washington, Minsk and Tel Aviv.

US/BelarusBelarusian opposition in talks with secure online voting platform Voatz

RussiaTolstoy descendant to promote Russian soft power

IsraelBiometric cameras against foreign spies

China/United StatesWang Yi expected in Washington in early October

Armenia, Azerbaijan
Baku hits back at former ICC prosecutor turned Karabagh consultant's genocide accusations

A tug-of-war between Armenia and Azerbaijan's legal advisers is running alongside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Ukraine, United States
Legal battle for Odessa port assets about to become a matter of state

US fund Argentem Creek Partners is conducting an intense lobbying campaign in Kyiv to take control of Odessa port grain stevedore GNT Group, with both sides in the dispute brandishing the politically fashionable argument of fighting corruption.

Ukraine, United States
US finances anti-mine vehicles for Ukrainian border guard

After Washington announced it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine, the State Department will deliver mine-resistant vehicles to enable the Ukrainian border guard to patrol landmine zones.

France, Russia
Air Liquide grapples with internal dissent as it tries to pull out of Russia

Air Liquide, still waiting for the official authorisation to withdraw from Russia, is facing internal discord between its compliance department and the management of its subsidiary Air Liquide Russia.

Syria, Ukraine, United States
Private diplomacy: anti-Assad lobbyists change focus to battle for Kyiv

A network of former British diplomats and consultants that has been long opposed to Russian influence in Syria, and is coordinated by the firm Independent Diplomat, is now facilitating Kyiv's access to the United Nations, as well as American officiels.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
High security rolled out before Ukraine Recovery Conference in London

The London conference on the rebuilding of Ukraine, which begins tomorrow and for which expectations are high in both Kyiv and the British capital, has very tight security in place.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Waters exits JS Held, Spottiswoode off to Alaco, Wallbrook grows, EEAS relaunches EUCAP

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

London JS Held lets Waters go

London Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

Dubai Wallbrook beefs up its office

Brussels EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

Kuwait
Bachar Kiwan gets UN consolation over his Kuwait conviction

The French-Syrian businessman, who is caught up in a scandal involving the Malaysian state fund 1MDB, may see a glimmer of hope in a recent decision by UN experts stating that the prison sentence against him was unlawful.

Balkans, United States
USCYBERCOM and USAID beef up European and Balkan cyber protection

USAID is to launch a new programme to strengthen Ukrainian and Balkan cyber defences, an initiative that chimes with the US Cyber Command's partnerships forged in the region since the start of Russia's war on Ukraine.