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Spotlight | Russia, United States, Vietnam
Military intelligence chief and defence minister prospect together in Washington

The Vietnamese defence minister travelled to Washington last week, where intelligence and arms procurement featured heavily on the agenda.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 18.09.2024

Vietnamese Defence Minister Phan Van Giang on an official visit to the United States, from 6 to 11 September, 2024.

Spotlight | United States
US alleges sanctioned Russian oligarch used niece to secretly pay for seized yacht

The allegation is the latest in the long-running dispute over the yacht Amadea that the US claims belongs to Suleiman Kerimov.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 06.09.2024

The 106-metre Amadea yacht which was seized by the US in Fiji in 2022.

France
The DGSE foreign intelligence agency's disputed past: from the French Resistance to today

Born out of World War II special services and Resistance networks, the DGSE depicts itself as the direct heir of the Gaullist Bureau Central de Renseignement et d'Action. Some former service members dispute this lineage, pointing to Paul Paillole's influence instead.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.09.2024

French paratroopers holding a flag from the DGSE's Service Action attend a ceremony on 17 January 2022 at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to commemorate the creation of the BCRA.

Russia
Summer shake-up underway among FSB spy chiefs

With Russia's FSB old guard of deputy directors being eased out, speculation is rife as to who will succeed spymaster Alexander Bortnikov.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 03.09.2024

The director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov.

France, Russia
Grape expectations: wine sector is last surviving Franco-Russian business link

The wine sector is one of the few doors still half-open for Franco-Russian business networks. Russians who have kept estates in France or who want to develop French-style vineyards in their own country are among the last business channels to have survived the war in Ukraine.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 29.08.2024

Andrey Filatov poses in the vineyard of Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs, 5 July 2018.

Europe, Israel, United States
Israel at the ICC: both sides flex legal muscles

The legal debate over whether the International Criminal Court should issue arrest warrants for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant has seen an intense influence battle between the pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian camps, each backed by organisations sympathetic to their cause.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.08.2024

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan (centre) requested arrest warrants for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on 20 May 2024.

Spy Way of Life | France
James Bond's last secrets on the French Riviera, part 1: the scene at the Hôtel du Cap

This summer, Intelligence Online invites readers to explore the legendary sites of the French Riviera and follow in the footsteps of Britain's most famous fictitious spy: 007. Here we meet fake spies, and real oligarchs...

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 29.07.2024

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China, North Korea, Russia
Russia and North Korea agree to grant China direct access to North Pacific

Capitalising on the opportunities afforded by the war in Ukraine, China has quietly secured unlimited access to the North Pacific via the Tumen River, thanks to an agreement between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un. This also allows Beijing to bypass Taiwan.

Free access Government Intelligence 09.07.2024

The Kuril Islands and the Tumen River in the Indo-Pacific (illustration).

Spotlight | France, United States
US seeks to bring in French yacht designer for dispute involving Kremlin-linked oligarchs

The US government wants to call as witnesses three former employees who can prove that a yacht seized by the authorities in 2022 belongs to the oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, who is under sanctions.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 27.06.2024

The yacht Amadea, seized by the US in the Fiji Islands as part of the sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia, Ukraine, United States
Intelligence veteran to lobby for Ukrainian religious sect allegedly tied to Russia

The Allatra International Public Movement, which was raided last year by the SBU, has contracted with a former Reagan administration official.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 26.06.2024

France, Russia
France faces prospect of having no ambassador in Moscow

France's ambassador to Moscow is due to retire shortly, but Russia is refusing to accredit a successor, a situation that will likely complicate negotiations following the arrest of French researcher Laurent Vinatier in Moscow on 6 June.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.06.2024

The French ambassador to Moscow, Pierre Lévy, has been authorised to retire from 6 August 2024.

UAE, Vietnam
Promoter of Russian energy interests in Hanoi looks towards Gulf

Sovico chairman Nguyen Thanh Hung has been meeting up with a variety of potential associates in Dubai as he prospects for new partnerships outside Vietnam.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 19.06.2024

France, Russia
Moscow arrest of Frenchman slams door on parallel diplomacy

Russia has sent out a double message with the arrest of Laurent Vinatier in Moscow. The Frenchman's detention illustrates worsening relations between Paris and the Kremlin and sparked concern among organisations that use parallel diplomacy to seek peace.

Free access Government Intelligence 07.06.2024

French researcher Laurent Vinatier is escorted by a Russian law enforcement officer before his pre-trial detention hearing in Moscow on 7 June 2024. He was arrested the day before in a café in the Russian capital.

Russia
A former Glencore Swiss executive at the heart of a court battle over a Russian nickel mining firm

The battle between the current and former owners of a large nickel deposit in the Kamchatka Peninsula may impact Swiss businessman Christian Wolfensberger, who left Glencore ten years ago with a vast fortune and is accused of being the man behind the curtain at the company managing the nickel mine.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 07.06.2024

Christian Wolfensberger, chairman of the board of Molumin, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on 11 September 2018.

Spotlight | France, Russia
Is GRU behind resurrection of French-Russian air squadron Normandie-Niémen?

Is the memory of the World War II squadron being exploited by Russian military propaganda? That's what is suggested in a video posted on Telegram by a Frenchman claiming to have brought it back as a unit for drone pilots.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 14.05.2024

Members of the French air force's Normandie-Niémen regiment visit the Normandie-Niémen squadron museum in Moscow, Russia, 5 May 2010.

Philippines, Russia, United States
Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

With finance from US fund Argentem Creek Partners and the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, a former top executive and statesman of Russia's strategic sectors has quietly left Moscow to develop a bank in the Philippines.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 25.04.2024

Spotlight | France
Intelligence services keep watch as pro-Russia French fighters return from Donbas

Mickael Takahashi is the first French national to have fought on Russia's side in the war in Ukraine that has returned to France. But the French internal intelligence service has not yet intervened.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 22.04.2024

Mickael Takahashi appeared, masked, in a video posted by French veteran soldier Adrien Bocquet.

Spotlight | China, France, Hungary, Serbia
Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour

Intelligence Online has obtained access to the plans for the Chinese president's European tour, due to take place in three weeks' time. Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Budapest, Belgrade and Paris, with a full agenda in all three cities.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 10.04.2024

Spotlight | China, Japan, North Korea
Chinese and US manoeuvres behind aborted meeting between Fumio Kishida and Kim Yo-Jong

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at the behest of the United States, mobilised his diplomats to arrange a meeting with Kim Yo-Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader. But Japan's attempt to open up to North Korea irked China and led Beijing to call Pyongyang to order.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.04.2024

The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Kim Yo-Jong.

Russia
Russia's FSO takes its slice of wayward oligarchs' assets

Thanks to his trusted ally, boxing kingpin Umar Kremlev, the head of the presidential security service, Dmitry Kochnev, is set to acquire a successful car distribution business whose previous owner fled abroad.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 05.04.2024

The President of the International Amateur Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev (left), and the FSO's Deputy Director, Alexey Rubezhnoy.

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Central America, China, South America
Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Vladimir Putin

Spotlight | Russia, United States, Vietnam
Military intelligence chief and defence minister prospect together in Washington

Spotlight | United States
US alleges sanctioned Russian oligarch used niece to secretly pay for seized yacht

France
The DGSE foreign intelligence agency's disputed past: from the French Resistance to today

Russia
Summer shake-up underway among FSB spy chiefs

France, Russia
Grape expectations: wine sector is last surviving Franco-Russian business link

Europe, Israel, United States
Israel at the ICC: both sides flex legal muscles

Spy Way of Life | France
James Bond's last secrets on the French Riviera, part 1: the scene at the Hôtel du Cap

China, North Korea, Russia
Russia and North Korea agree to grant China direct access to North Pacific

Spotlight | France, United States
US seeks to bring in French yacht designer for dispute involving Kremlin-linked oligarchs

Russia, Ukraine, United States
Intelligence veteran to lobby for Ukrainian religious sect allegedly tied to Russia

France, Russia
France faces prospect of having no ambassador in Moscow

UAE, Vietnam
Promoter of Russian energy interests in Hanoi looks towards Gulf

France, Russia
Moscow arrest of Frenchman slams door on parallel diplomacy

Russia
A former Glencore Swiss executive at the heart of a court battle over a Russian nickel mining firm

Spotlight | France, Russia
Is GRU behind resurrection of French-Russian air squadron Normandie-Niémen?

Philippines, Russia, United States
Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

Spotlight | France
Intelligence services keep watch as pro-Russia French fighters return from Donbas

Spotlight | China, France, Hungary, Serbia
Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour

Spotlight | China, Japan, North Korea
Chinese and US manoeuvres behind aborted meeting between Fumio Kishida and Kim Yo-Jong

Russia
Russia's FSO takes its slice of wayward oligarchs' assets

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Central America, China, South America Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Vladimir Putin

Spotlight | Russia, United States, Vietnam Military intelligence chief and defence minister prospect together in Washington

Spotlight | United States US alleges sanctioned Russian oligarch used niece to secretly pay for seized yacht

France The DGSE foreign intelligence agency's disputed past: from the French Resistance to today

Russia Summer shake-up underway among FSB spy chiefs

France, Russia Grape expectations: wine sector is last surviving Franco-Russian business link

Europe, Israel, United States Israel at the ICC: both sides flex legal muscles

Spy Way of Life | France James Bond's last secrets on the French Riviera, part 1: the scene at the Hôtel du Cap

China, North Korea, Russia Russia and North Korea agree to grant China direct access to North Pacific

Spotlight | France, United States US seeks to bring in French yacht designer for dispute involving Kremlin-linked oligarchs

Russia, Ukraine, United States Intelligence veteran to lobby for Ukrainian religious sect allegedly tied to Russia

France, Russia France faces prospect of having no ambassador in Moscow

UAE, Vietnam Promoter of Russian energy interests in Hanoi looks towards Gulf

France, Russia Moscow arrest of Frenchman slams door on parallel diplomacy

Russia A former Glencore Swiss executive at the heart of a court battle over a Russian nickel mining firm

Spotlight | France, Russia Is GRU behind resurrection of French-Russian air squadron Normandie-Niémen?

Philippines, Russia, United States Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

Spotlight | France Intelligence services keep watch as pro-Russia French fighters return from Donbas

Spotlight | China, France, Hungary, Serbia Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour

Spotlight | China, Japan, North Korea Chinese and US manoeuvres behind aborted meeting between Fumio Kishida and Kim Yo-Jong

Russia Russia's FSO takes its slice of wayward oligarchs' assets

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Central America, China, South America
Beijing on the offensive in Washington's spheres of influence

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spotlight | Russia, United States, Vietnam
Military intelligence chief and defence minister prospect together in Washington

Spotlight | United States
US alleges sanctioned Russian oligarch used niece to secretly pay for seized yacht

France
The DGSE foreign intelligence agency's disputed past: from the French Resistance to today

Russia
Summer shake-up underway among FSB spy chiefs

France, Russia
Grape expectations: wine sector is last surviving Franco-Russian business link

Europe, Israel, United States
Israel at the ICC: both sides flex legal muscles

Spy Way of Life | France
James Bond's last secrets on the French Riviera, part 1: the scene at the Hôtel du Cap

China, North Korea, Russia
Russia and North Korea agree to grant China direct access to North Pacific

Spotlight | France, United States
US seeks to bring in French yacht designer for dispute involving Kremlin-linked oligarchs

Russia, Ukraine, United States
Intelligence veteran to lobby for Ukrainian religious sect allegedly tied to Russia

France, Russia
France faces prospect of having no ambassador in Moscow

UAE, Vietnam
Promoter of Russian energy interests in Hanoi looks towards Gulf

France, Russia
Moscow arrest of Frenchman slams door on parallel diplomacy

Russia
A former Glencore Swiss executive at the heart of a court battle over a Russian nickel mining firm

Spotlight | France, Russia
Is GRU behind resurrection of French-Russian air squadron Normandie-Niémen?

Philippines, Russia, United States
Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

Spotlight | France
Intelligence services keep watch as pro-Russia French fighters return from Donbas

Spotlight | China, France, Hungary, Serbia
Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour

Spotlight | China, Japan, North Korea
Chinese and US manoeuvres behind aborted meeting between Fumio Kishida and Kim Yo-Jong

Russia
Russia's FSO takes its slice of wayward oligarchs' assets