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Moscow weaves illegal network to recruit and transfer mercenaries from Latin America under new neo-colonial policy

Russia has stepped up recruitment of Latin Americans to compensate for the loss of Russian troops after fighting in Ukraine.Some Ukrainian CYBINT papers speak of at least 199 Cubans who…

September 7, 2023Cuba, FSB, Russia

Geopolitics ideology Opinion

How Russia is hijacking Africa’s “orphaned” Left

When the independence of many African states became a reality in the 1950s and 1960s, it unfortunately met the Cold War ideological divide of the world. Many had expected these infant…

September 5, 2023Africa, Russia

profile

Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia: psychological profile

Sergey Naryshkin is a Russian politician, ex-speaker of the lower house of the State Duma, ex-head of the Kremlin administration. He has run the government apparatus, the investment division of…

August 29, 2023Naryshkin, Russia, SVR

Propaganda and Disinformation War crimes

Russian Information warfare repeats Kosovo Liberation Army accusations for Ukrainian Army

Textbook information warfare or special propaganda, Russian infiltration in EU institutions produces gruesome accusations for Ukrainian Army for harvesting human organs for the black market similar to accusations made by…

August 28, 2023Kosovo, Russia, Ukraine

Governance Intelligence ops

Russia facing changes following Prigozhin’s plane crash

The likely liquidation of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will likely lead to tectonic shifts in Russia’s political system. On August 23, a business jet belonging to Mr Prigozhin was…

August 24, 2023Prigozhin, Russia, Wagner Group

Intelligence ops migration National Security

The Kremlin’s subversive activity pulls closer religious clashes in Western Europe

It is getting overwhelmingly likely that, in the context of a sharp confrontation with the West, the Kremlin intends to place a bet on fueling religious conflict in Europe. Such a…

August 23, 2023Russia

National Security Nonproliferation War crimes

Russia looking for reason to launch nuclear testing and total mobilization

The Kremlin is most likely to gear up for provocations followed by radiation poisoning, according to some reports coming from Russia. We've seen regular RFF9903 Moscow-Sarov-Novaya Zemlya flights by An-148-100…

August 18, 2023nuclear weapons, Rosatom, Russia, Ukraine

Intelligence ops migration

Russian migrants threaten Euro-Atlantic security

The Kremlin is gearing up to meddle in U.S. presidential election, as its agents seek to infiltrate into this country. The number of Russian citizens who applied for asylum in…

August 14, 2023Russia, USA

Geoeconomics Intelligence ops Warfare

Conflicts drag on, as tech companies violate international sanctions

Having studied how the sanctions imposed on Russia are observed, we see the West has failed to stop Russian aggression, support democracy and independence in Ukraine, and contain the Kremlin's…

August 8, 2023Russia, Sanctions, USA

Conflict migration

Wagner Group’s Belarus deployment unlikely connected with Prigozhin’s mutiny attempt

The build-up of Wagner Group’s presence on Belarusian soil allows predicting possible scenarios for their use. We are convinced that the deployment of these units in Belarus is not due…

August 3, 2023Belarus, Russia, Wagner Group

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