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Manufacturing Nuclear Panic: Russia’s “Dirty Bomb” Claims as Information Warfare

The press service of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published a press release accusing the United Kingdom and France of intending to covertly supply Ukraine with nuclear weapons and their…

February 25, 2026Russia, SVR, Ukraine

Conflict Corruption Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Africa’s Recruitment into Russia’s War in Ukraine: Actors, Drivers, Impact, and Implications

Recent intelligence reports and media investigations reveal that Russia has recruited significant numbers of fighters from several African countries to serve in its war against Ukraine, a practice that has attracted…

February 23, 2026Africa, Russia, Ukraine

Intelligence ops National Security

Russian Espionage Targeting NATO Unmanned Systems in Europe

In Portugal, a 23-year-old man has been charged with espionage and attempting to sell stolen information from NATO military computer equipment to the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. The incident occurred…

February 20, 2026GRU, NATO, Russia, SVR

Intelligence ops Terrorism Warfare

Rails at Risk: NATO’s Most Exposed States and the Logic of Sabotage

Russia’s approach to rail sabotage in NATO states is indirect, deniable, and layered. Rather than deploying uniformed operatives, Moscow outsources risk through criminal proxies, extremist milieus, and information operations, while retaining plausible deniability. The…

February 17, 2026railroads, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security

From Scandal to Security Threat: Protecting High-Value Individuals Named in the Epstein Files from Russian Intelligence Targeting

The release of millions of “Epstein files” has created a large, searchable reputational dataset that foreign intelligence services can exploit for recruitment, coercion, and disinformation—even when the underlying material does not…

February 13, 2026Epstein, GRU, Russia, SVR, USA

Intelligence ops Warfare

From Hybrid Influence to Coercive Presence: Wagner’s Alleged Footprint in Bulgaria and the Escalation of Russian Interference in the EU

In Bulgaria, near the village of Kladnitsa (Pernik Region), a facility linked to the Russian private military company Wagner was discovered. The site was identified by the civic organization BOEC.…

February 11, 2026Bulgaria, Wagner Group

Democracy Geopolitics Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation War crimes

Prosecuting Resistance, Forgetting Aggression: Kosovo and the Failure of Proportional Justice

More than two decades after the Kosovo war, international justice has produced an outcome that remains deeply contested: the Serbian state, whose forces carried out systematic and widespread crimes against…

February 10, 2026Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Conflict ideology Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Threat Assessment: Kremlin Exploitation of Pacifist Networks in Germany

The Kremlin is seeking to exploit German pacifist groups to disrupt the Munich Security Conference. Ahead of the Munich Security Conference scheduled for February 13–15, 2026, Russian intelligence services intend…

February 10, 2026Germany, pacifism, Russia

Geoeconomics Geopolitics Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Frexit Without Exit: How Anti-EU Movements Shape French Politics Without Winning Power

A march by supporters of France’s withdrawal from the European Union (“Frexit”) took place in central Paris. On February 2, 2026, more than a thousand people gathered in the French…

February 4, 2026EU, France, Russia

Geopolitics Intelligence ops National Security

Parliamentary Contact as a Tool of Influence: How Moscow Will Exploit Anna Paulina Luna Initiative

Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna invited deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to Washington with the declared purpose of holding consultations and discussions on a peaceful settlement of the war in…

February 2, 2026Russia, Ukraine, USA

Intelligence ops