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Increased Russian activity since the Cold War days requires tougher response

Intelligence and sabotage penetration by Russia into NATO exceeds Cold War levels, thus bearing much greater risks for the West and Alliance as a whole. On June 6, in an interview…

June 8, 2021Germany, NATO, Russia

Propaganda and Disinformation

With Friends Like These”: Assessing the Russian Influence in Germany

We’d like to highlight the CSIS report “With Friends Like These”: Assessing the Russian Influence in Germany by Jeffrey Mankoff, published in July. As Europe’s unquestioned heavyweight and a country…

August 2, 2020Germany, Russia

climate change

France and Germany make steps towards new environmental policy

In June, France and Germany announced new steps in the economy that address combating climate change. These decisions are strategic and could turn things around not only in the EU,…

July 6, 2020economy, EU, France, Germany

Geopolitics

Trump and US troops in Germany – strategic importance and common interests of the Alliance

The Wall Street Journal last week announced the U.S. administration's decision to withdraw 9500 of the 34,500 soldiers present at the American NATO base in Ramstein in Germany. The news…

June 11, 2020Germany, NATO, USA

Intelligence ops

Combat training for European neo-Nazis in Russia

Representatives of foreign far-right organizations are taking combat training in Russia. Right-wing extremists from Germany undergo paramilitary training in a camp near St. Petersburg, according to the German Focus. Several…

June 9, 2020FSB, Germany, GRU

Estimates Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Russia lobbies for AfG’s rise to power and uses it for influence activities in Europe

Russia has vigorously started to use the agents in Germany from among local right-wing politicians, trying to orchestrate a conflict with Washington again. Russian influence agents in Germany have been…

December 19, 2019AfD, Germany, Russia

Estimates Intelligence ops

Russian military intelligence dominates German line of radio traffic with agents

Russian military intelligence has ramped up communications with agents in Germany in 2019. Such activity was observed only in 2011-2012, i.e., on the eve of the 2013 parliamentary elections, an…

December 16, 2019agents, Germany, GRU, Russia

Geopolitics Situation Reports

NATO reconfirms Russian threat

Russia remains one of NATO’s main threats despite attempts by the French President Emanuel Macron to divert Europe’s attention from the Kremlin to the terrorism threats at the eve of…

December 5, 2019Bulgaria, Catalonia, France, Germany, GRU, intelligence, Montenegro, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom

Energy Situation Reports

Russian lobbyists in Germany drive US off European gas market

The infiltration of Russia’s influence agents into Germany’s political and economic system threatens the independence of German leadership decision-making, as well as the security of the Euro-Atlantic energy market functioning.…

December 5, 2019Gazprom, Germany, Klaus Ernst, Rosneft, Russia, USA

Energy Situation Reports

Gazprom seeks full monopoly in Europe through pushing out U.S. LNG supplies and eliminating the Ukrainian transit route

Russia is trying to exert pressure on the EU to make the Ukraine government sign a short-term gas transit deal and abandon financial claims to Gazprom, the company which could…

November 19, 2019Germany, Nord Stream-2, Russia, USA

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