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Moldova’s Parliamentary Vote: What Russia Does Next—and Why Dismantling Pro-Russia Networks Matters

Moldova’s pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won the September 28, 2025 parliamentary elections, retaining a single-party majority (about 55/101 seats). The result defied months of Russian interference—disinformation, cyber pressure, clerical/NGO channels, and…

October 1, 2025Moldova, Russia

Geopolitics

Russia’s Africa Corps: Wagner’s Successor in Africa (2022–2025)

In 2023, following Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed mutiny and subsequent death, Moscow moved to restructure Wagner’s operations in Africa under direct state control. The result was the creation of the “Africa Corps” – a…

September 30, 2025African Corps, GRU, PMC, Russia, Wagner Group

Democracy Governance Intelligence ops

Russian-Backed Election Destabilization in Moldova – Intelligence Brief

Parliamentary elections in Moldova are expected to be accompanied by a very high level of violence orchestrated by Russian intelligence, using mercenaries trained in Serbia. In light of this, we…

September 27, 2025Moldova, Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

From Transcarpathia to the Kremlin: Budapest’s Quiet War

Hungary continues to conduct intelligence operations on Ukrainian territory, sharing information with Russia and preparing provocations in the Kremlin’s interest. On the morning of Sept. 26, Ukrainian Armed Forces radar…

September 27, 2025Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics Psyops

Inside Moscow’s Alaska ADIZ Playbook

The Alaska ADIZ probes are designed to be cheap for Moscow and expensive for NORAD—operationally, financially, and politically. Treat them as a managed-risk, cost-imposition campaign: lower the collision probability, cut the cost…

September 26, 2025Russia, USA

Geopolitics National Security Nonproliferation

Russia–North Korea Pact Adds a Dangerous Front for Washington

The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan and South Korea warned of the grave security risks posed by Russia’s deepening military cooperation with North Korea. Moscow’s backing for Pyongyang’s…

September 24, 2025DPRK, Russia, USA

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Ballots and Provocations: Moscow’s Election Gambit in Moldova

Less than a week before parliamentary elections, Moldovan authorities conducted 250 searches targeting more than 100 people amid suspicions that Russia is attempting to destabilize the country and sway the…

September 23, 2025Moldova, Russia

Geopolitics National Security Nonproliferation

The standoff over the New START arms-control treaty underscores a serious threat to the United States from Russia.

With treaty visibility gone, allies relying on the U.S. nuclear guarantee face more uncertainty, while the United States must budget for hedge capabilities and monitoring alternatives (national technical means, open-source,…

September 22, 2025nuclear weapons, Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Kozak’s Deals vs. Kiriyenko’s Political Tech

On September 18, 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a decree relieving Dmitry Kozak of his duties as Deputy Chief of Staffof the Presidential Administration. The Kremlin says he resigned “at his own request,” and Russian…

September 19, 2025Kiriyenko, Kozak, Russia

Coup Governance

GRU, SVR, and the Georgescu–Potra plot to destabilize Romania

Romanian prosecutors have sent former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu to trial for attempted coup / actions against constitutional order, alongside ex–French Foreign Legionnaire Horațiu Potra and 21 others. The case sits inside a broader picture…

September 18, 2025Romania, Russia

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