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Russia uses Venezuela as foothold to stage operations against Brazil

The government of Brazil faces with a high-priority task at the military and intelligence level to minimize the destabilization activity carried out by the Russians from the territory of Venezuela.…

May 25, 2021Brazil, Russia, Venezuela

Geopolitics Opinion

Lavrov-Blinken meeting: Russia chooses not to read the writing on the wall

The outcome of the meeting between the US Secretary of State Blinken and Foreign Minister Lavrov in Reykjavik, Iceland, casts a long shadow on the Kremlin’s outlook for ramming down…

May 21, 2021Antony Blinken, Russia, USA

National Security Warfare

Russia targets American diplomats with new directed energy weapon

‘Havana Syndrome’ is a result of Soviet microwave weapons technologies used in the 1970s. According to new reporting from The New York Times, over 130 American diplomats, troops and other…

May 18, 2021Havana Syndrome, Microwave weapons, Russia

Conflict Geopolitics

Russia figures to bolster influence in Middle East, backing Palestine in rift with Israel

Russia has launched out on carrying the ball in current Arab-Israeli escalation. Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk in a conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister…

May 16, 2021Israel, Palestine, Russia

Intelligence ops

Russian military intelligence link to the Colonial Pipeline Company hack proves the GRU’s involvement in stealing funds in cyberspace

The Colonial Pipeline Company, the United States’ one of the largest pipeline operators, was hacked by a Russian military intelligence-affiliated gang operating under the flag of the Dark Side hacker…

May 12, 2021Cyberattacks, Russia

Must Read PDF

Further TTPs associated with SVR cyber actors, 2021

This report provides further details of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) associated with SVR cyber actors. SVR cyber actors are known and tracked in open source as APT29, Cozy Bear,…

May 11, 2021Cyberattacks, intelligence, Russia

Intelligence ops Psyops

Russia seeking to meddle in presidential vote in France

Russia has launched a campaign to meddle in the upcoming French presidential vote in April 2022. Pro-active approach by its military intelligence and the news media affiliated with it provides evidence of that, as those outlets are used forPsyOps following an open letter by French army officers to President…

May 11, 2021France, GRU, Russia

Governance

Russian defense minister strengthens hand, chiseling away at the President

Intensified competitive battle amid the uniformed agencies’ heads is on display in the Kremlin. The dynamic that gave reason to say Putin was rolling back his grasp amid rumors of…

May 7, 2021GRU, Russia

Intelligence ops

Miloš Zeman: Russian conglomerates to ensure Kremlin’s geopolitical endeavor

President Miloš Zeman of the Czech Republic is in the pockets of Russian intelligence that exploits bribery and communicates through Russian business companies. Since at least 2005, Russia has exploited government monopolies to…

April 29, 2021Czech Republic, Russia

Warfare Corruption

Regular criticisms of Russian weapon systems quality shows how much its military conventional potential is exaggerated

The low quality of Russian weapons systems turned to be a systemic problem of the Russian defense complex. In particular, it became more than evident in the light of the…

April 27, 2021India, Russia, weapon

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