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Prigozhin’s rebellion in Russia: national political consequences analysis

Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion in Russia led to strengthening of the influence and powers of the FSB group, controlled by Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council. This group is…

July 14, 2023Patrushev, Prigozhin, Putin, Russia

Corruption Governance

Zimbabwe’s escalation risks ahead of elections linked with Mnangagwa regime’s shady deals

Zimbabwe could be hit by a wave of violence ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for August 23, 2023. The upcoming round of destabilization may be related to…

July 7, 2023Belarus, gold, lithium, platinum, Russia, Wagner Group, Zimbabwe

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

Russian effort to shape British policy shows success

Russia seeks to split the stance that British political circles share on the war in Ukraine. For that end, Moscow makes efforts to show that some European politicians, unlike official…

July 4, 2023Russia, United Kingdom

Geopolitics Intelligence ops National Security

China likely to share SIGINT with Russians

Moscow is more likely to join efforts with Cuba-based Chinese SIGINT facility, targeting the U.S. The RLI predicted in February 2022 that Russia might reopen the Lourdes intelligence facility that had…

June 27, 2023China, GRU, Russia, USA

Coup Governance

Mutiny in Russia: roots and risks

A rebellion rapidly unfolding in Russia comes as a direct consequence of the Putin regime’s weakening and the dramatic imbalance of the country’s system of checks and balances. By unleashing…

June 24, 2023Prigozhin, Russia, Wagner Group

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Russia launching massive election meddling operation in Germany

Russian intelligence is undertaking active efforts to interfere in the German political life, dismantle the current government, and bring to power politicians loyal to Moscow. The Kremlin continues to engage…

June 22, 2023AfD, Germany, Russia

Democracy Governance ideology

Anti-Semitism on rise in Russian leaders’ rhetoric

Speaking at a St. Petersburg forum about his “Jewish friends,” Vladimir Putin claimed they told him that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is “not a Jew, but a disgrace to the Jewish…

June 19, 2023anti-semitism, Russia

Democracy Geopolitics Governance Intelligence ops

Africa seeing Russian interference in national legislation shape-up

Some African nations are being subjected to external meddling on the system of constitutional order as part of Russia’s colonial policy in countries that were once in the zone of…

June 16, 2023France, Mali, Russia, Wagner Group

Democracy Intelligence ops

Sapega-Protasevich operation wrap-up points to errors in assessing opposition potential in Russia and Belarus

The pardon of Sofia Sapega in Belarus with her subsequent handover to the Russian delegation headed by the Primorye Territory governor suggests the completion of the joint special operation by…

June 7, 2023Belarus, GRU, Russia

Coup Democracy Intelligence ops

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

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