Russia sides with Hezbollah against Israel?

Posted by Matt in August 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Federal Security Service, FSB, G2 Bulletin, hezbollah, Intelligence Service, Intercepts, Joseph Farah, Lebanon, Middle East, Naval Presence, Northern Border, Notion, Providing Valuable Information, Russia, Russian Intelligence, Russians, Sophisticated Surveillance Systems, Syrians, Tartus Syria, Tel Aviv

The Russian intelligence service may be providing valuable information to Hezbollah about Israeli activities, prompting concern in Tel Aviv that any future military initiative against the group may not come as a surprise, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, may be providing intelligence based on intercepts it [...]

Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in New Cold War, Russia, Confrontation, Espionage, Fred Burton, FSB, Hallmark, Intelligence Agencies, Islamist Rebels, KGB, Military Action, North Koreans, North Vietnamese, Propaganda Campaigns, Proxies, Rebels In Afghanistan, Resurgence, Russia And The United States, Russian Power, Russian Strategic Bombers, Soviet Support, Sphere Of Influence

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]

Can the EU defend itself?

Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Espionage, Europe, Russia, Attitudes, Brussels, Defense Strategy, E.U., elite, Espionage Efforts, European Union, Foreign Intelligence Service, Foreign Service, FSB, Military Intelligence, Russia, Security Services, Spying, Strasbourg, Svr, Western Countries

AS WESTERN countries scramble to deal with Russia’s increasingly energetic espionage efforts, their security services are hurriedly rehiring some of the seasoned spycatchers they let go in the past years.
But at the European Union attitudes are still worryingly dozy. Russian spying in Brussels and Strasbourg, say those who try to keep an eye it, is [...]

Russia under Putin: The making of a neo-KGB state

Posted by Matt in August 23rd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Russia, FSB, KGB, Russia

Political power in Russia now lies with the FSB, the KGB’s successor
Over the two terms of Mr Putin’s presidency, that â€œgroup of FSB operativesâ€ has consolidated its political power and built a new sort of corporate state in the process. Men from the FSB and its sister organisations control the Kremlin, the government, the media [...]