EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — The July 2025 sanctioning and indictment by the United Kingdom of three units and 18 individuals affiliated with the [...] More

14 August, 2025

Mark Kelton

14 August, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Russia Europe Intelligence

A Russian Intel Unit's Journey - From Hit Squad to 'Geek Squad'

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A Russian Intel Unit's Journey - From Hit Squad to 'Geek Squad'

DEEP DIVE — Few Americans have ever heard of Unit 29155 or 161 Center. For those who have, the names evoke fear and loathing. Created in 1963 as a [...] More

22 September, 2024

Elaine Shannon

22 September, 2024

Ethan Masucol

Europe Russia Tech/Cyber Reporting

Russia's Worldwide Cyber Misbehavior

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania has indicted seven individuals from the [...] More

05 October, 2018

Steven L. Hall

05 October, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania has indicted seven individuals from the [...] More

05 October, 2018

Steven L. Hall

05 October, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

International Russia Allies Tech/Cyber Moscow Station

Putin's Bold Attempt to Deny Skripal Attack

“The concept of plausible denial had an undeniable flavor of wishful thinking about it”, wrote CIA veteran William Hood in his book on Soviet [...] More

19 September, 2018

Mark Kelton

19 September, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

Europe Russia Intelligence Espionage Reporting

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Inside the Competitive, Corrupt World of Russian Intelligence

Bottom Line: The Kremlin employs various often overlapping and competitive security and intelligence services to create multiple sources of [...] More

20 April, 2018

Suzanne Kelly

Europe Security/Stability Reporting Asia

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