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How the Kremlin uses Italian organized crime groups to sponsor pro-Russian forces in Slovakia

The Slovak politicians-Italian mafia business links were discovered following the killing of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak in 2018. The authorities believe Kuciak was murdered in relation to his work. He…

February 5, 2024cocaine, mafia, Orban, Russia, Slovakia

Intelligence ops National Security Propaganda and Disinformation

Perverts and traitors: who will observe the Russian presidential elections and discredit the US elections?

The closer the US presidential elections approach, the more concerns about the scale of using Russian influence agents and recruiting American citizens to cooperate with Moscow grow. Obviously, the role…

February 1, 2024Russia, USA

Conflict Geopolitics

Moscow pushing European far-right to rethink borders as part of historical discourse

Russian aggression against Ukraine pushed some in Europe to consider revising state borders and putting forward territorial claims as part of historical reflections. Such trends are a consequence of Russian…

January 31, 2024Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Intelligence ops National Security

Kremlin to use Germany for EU breakup

Russia has focused on influence operations in Germany to break apart the European Union. Germany is suitable for this effort, as Russia has penetrated deeply into German political parties, with some…

January 26, 2024AfD, Germany, Russia

Intelligence ops

Russia provides funding for the Taliban in Afghanistan

Moscow is likely to keep on funding the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, via military intelligence, as reviews of the data on Russian plane crash in the mountains in Afghanistan indicate.…

January 25, 2024Afghanistan, Russia, Taliban

Geopolitics ideology Psyops

Europe’s tacit consent to promotion of pseudo-Russian war philosophy threatens peace across continent

The risks of a war erupting between Russia and the West, as described by Germany’s BILD, are increasing against the backdrop of Western Europe’s tacit consent to popularization of the…

January 17, 2024GRU, Russia

Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Italy: Russia’s influence campaign dismantles vast network of Kremlin agents

Russia steps up influence effort by GRU-SVR to minimize risks for Kremlin's image over war crimes in Ukraine, the same model Moscow (GRU) used to spread disinformation about the causes…

January 8, 2024GRU, Italy, Russia

Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Kremlin launches campaign to meddle in U.S. election, as GOP ends support for Ukraine

Russia resumes efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election. The Kremlin is planning and has launched a complex campaign to discredit Joe Biden over the Ukrainian subject. Moscow, to that…

January 5, 2024Russia, USA

Intelligence ops Psyops

Moscow plotting to remove German Chancellor

Russia intends to trigger the sacking of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, exploiting certain details of a four-year-old financial row involving a Russian intelligence asset. We believe Moscow is unlikely to…

January 3, 2024Germany, GRU, Russia

Geoeconomics Geopolitics

China’s Strategic Interplay in the Caspian Sea and Central Asia

The Caspian Sea, situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, emerges as a linchpin in the geopolitical landscape of Central Asia. Bounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan,…

December 29, 2023China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

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