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Moldova threatened by outside-staged conflict in Gagauzia

The GPA is going to assemble for the planned meeting on May 27, to discuss a demand to the central government in Chisinau for increased autonomy, in a move initiated…

May 26, 2023Moldova, Russia

Democracy Governance Intelligence ops

Constitutional reform in CAR points to expansion of Kremlin’s influence in Africa

President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic is mulling amendments to the country's Constitution that will allow him to run for a third term. In January 2023, the Constitutional…

May 24, 2023CAR, Prigozhin, Wagner Group

Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

The GRU failures have posed political threats to the Kremlin

Russian military intelligence has stepped up a cover operation to shift away from the Kremlin any suspicions of masterminding explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipes. The ongoing operation completely repeats…

May 22, 2023GRU, Nord Stream-2

Governance Intelligence ops

Risks growing around Belarus amid Russia’s battlefield failures

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko's health condition may push the Kremlin toward some radical decisions regarding this country. They will thwart a negative scenario for Moscow where the regime in Minsk changes…

May 13, 2023Belarus, Lukashenko

ideology Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Russian intelligence plotting primitive psyop for May 9

The expulsion of Russian diplomats who were engaged in intelligence operations under diplomatic cover, as well as the liquidation of Russian espionage networks, significantly shrank Moscow's capabilities across Europe. As…

May 6, 2023history, Nazi, Russia

Corruption Governance Intelligence ops

Moscow uses a historical and cultural fund to infiltrate France’s political elite

The daughter of Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov is part of the team running the Fund, which Russia exploits for intelligence operations to infiltrate France’s political circles and meddle in…

April 21, 2023France, GRU, Peskova, Russia

Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Moscow continues to expose its assets in pursuing dubious influence operations

Russia has been recently going lengths to implement its malign influence operations on foreign soil, which at the same time leads to their intelligence assets being compromised with little to…

April 18, 2023GRU, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security Psyops

Psyops run by Russian intelligence reflect HUMINT crisis, set to focus on further falsification of documents

In the next 30-45 days, new portions of leaks from U.S. government agencies should be expected. However, these “leaks” will in fact be about troves of falsified documents that allegedly…

April 11, 2023GRU, Russia, SVR, USA

- Intelligence ops National Security

FSB likely to hold back Iran-Russia cyber cooperation

Iran seeks to bolster the cyber attack capacity, with more control of telecommunication networks to minimize threats by the opposition and activists. Threats to the current regime serve to enhance effort by Tehran and Moscow to set up efficient control of information field. In June 2015, Brigadier General…

April 5, 2023Iran, Russia

Intelligence ops

Russia uses personal data of dead infants for “illegal” spies’ cover identity

The mass exposure of Russia’s most valuable spies, the so-called “illegals,” allows for identifying some ofMoscow's general approaches to setting up cover identities for their assets, as well as mechanisms…

March 27, 2023Argentina, Brazil, Greece, GRU