“Siloviki”
Spiralling radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Harold Chambers warns how heavy handed security service crackdowns are galvanising islamic radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Russia’s cyber army: Goals and contradictions
Pavel Luzin writes on the reasons why Russian intelligence agencies combine systemic and non-systemic activities in cyberspace
Navalny’s return puts the spotlight back on Russia’s security services
Kirill Shamiev sees Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia — and subsequent arrest — as another reminder of why reform of Russia’s security services is long overdue
So different, but in some ways so similar
Kirill Shamiev on civil-military relations in the USA and Russia
Russian Intelligence’s “Assassin’s Creed”
Maxim Trudolyubov on the origins and specifics of the Russian “intelligence”
Schrödinger’s Siloviki and Russia’s Criminal Conundrum
Pavel Luzin writes that Russia’s headline-grabbing “wars” within the security services are nothing of the sort — they are the natural result of a government which violates its own laws
Why the Kremlin Can’t Keep its Chekists in Check
Tatyana Stanovaya considers the significance and consequences of the FSB’s growing internal conflicts
The Inner Workings of Russia’s Military Industrial Behemoth
Pavel Luzin considers the political and economic factors which make Rostec worth watching
New Boss, Old Rules
Russia’s foreign intelligence service has a new director. What can we expect from Igor Kostyukov?
The General Directorate Is Falling From Favour
A string of errors from the General Staff’s Main Office will have major knock-on effects on how intelligence agencies interact with Russia’s political system