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Putin is playing a game of thrones with his inner circle. And one man is rising in the shadows

Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports

The Independent UK

World War War III May Already Have Started—in the Shadows

Cyber intrusions, arson, bombings, and other mayhem feature in the conflict between West and East.

Reason

Vladimir Putin's Russian spies 'recruiting far-right activists to carry out terror attacks in UK'

Britain has expelled dozens of Russian spies after the Salisbury poisonings in 2018.

Evening Standard

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Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone strike injures three and sparks fire in Kharkiv

A 13-year-old child and two women were struck by debris from downed drones; Lithuania rejects Russian claims of sabotage. What we know on day 801

The Guardian - AU

Volkov attack signals Russia’s return to cold war-era spying in Europe

Defence experts say Moscow is rapidly improving its intelligence operations after Ukraine invasion

The Guardian - UK

Russian military botnet discovered on 1000+ compromised routers — FBI deactivated Moobot by taking control of impacted routers

A GRU botnet using Moobot was installed on unsecured routers (including those belonging to many homes and small businesses) with default admin passwords.

Tom’s Hardware

US crimefighters shut down botnet used by Russian Fancy Bear hackers

DoJ expels Fancy Bear out of hundreds of routers which were used for attacks against Ukraine.

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Russia-linked hackers claim cyberattack on Ukraine’s mobile networks: ‘Be prepared’

Putin-backed hackers warn other offices helping Ukrainian Armed Forces after knocking out Kyivstar’s connection

The Independent UK

Scores wounded in Russian strikes on Kyiv and Odesa as Ukraine seeks more aid from Europe

A barrage of Russian missiles targeted Kyiv on Wednesday, wounding more than 50 people, and dozens of drones targeted Odesa on Thursday, wounding more than 10, said Ukrainian officials, as President Volodymyr Zelensky sought more military support in Europe after a trip to Washington secured no new pledges.

France 24

Giuliani ally in Ukraine charged with treason

Oleksandr Dubinsky has branded the investigation a ‘political persecution’

The Independent UK

Swedish court acquits Russian-born businessman of spying for Moscow

A Russian-born Swedish businessman has been acquitted of collecting information for Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, for almost a decade

The Independent UK

Notorious Russian general, master spy duo organise in Africa after Prigozhin’s demise

In recent weeks, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and General Andrei Averyanov from the GRU military intelligence agency have made several trips to Africa. The two are increasingly seen as the main organisers of the post-Prigozhin era of Russian relationships with Africa following the Wagner Group chief’s demise in…

France 24

Swedish citizen goes on trial on charges of collecting information for Russia

The trial has opened in Stockholm of a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade

The Independent UK

Sweden charges man arrested last year in predawn raid with spying for Russia

A Russian-born Swedish citizen has been charged with collecting information for Russia's military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade

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France 24

Prigozhin's death: Show of strength or admission of weakness for Putin?

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, was on board a plane that crashed in Russia on Wednesday, leaving no survivors, according to Russian media reports. While many details are yet to be confirmed, many Russia watchers wonder how and why Prigozhin survived so long after his June 23 mutiny…

The Independent UK

Former MI6 spy chief says all signs suggest Wagner boss Prigozhin was ‘taken out’ by Putin

Second former intelligence officer suggested a bomb in a ‘wine crate’ may have downed the jet

The Guardian - UK

Russia turning to sleeper cells and unofficial agents

Moscow has turned to riskier methods of espionage after expulsion of spies it had placed under diplomatic cover in Europe

Daily Mirror

Inside chilling home of Wagner boss - alligator, disguises and severed heads

The former ally of Vladimir Putin staged an armed revolt against the Kremlin regime a few weeks ago but was forced to abandon his plotted coup and go into hiding

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The Independent UK

Cop, father, traitor, spy: How Robert Hanssen’s pious life masked a career of treason

The arrest of traitor FBI agent Robert Hanssen devastated US intelligence agencies, raising more than a few questions about how he’d sold secrets for more than two decades. The spy met his inglorious end in a Colorado jail cell this week - but his brazen path of treason remains a…

The Guardian - UK

Is Russia spying more – or are more spies just being caught?

Expulsion of diplomats amid Ukraine war has limited Russia’s options, with west’s focus now turning to deep-cover ‘illegals’

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s cyber warfare chief sent sex toys after his email is hacked

Ukrainian hackers broke into Sergey Morgachev's AliExpress account and ordered several sex toys and gay pride flags in his name in an "symbolic act of moral humiliation"

The Conversation

Russia's shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin's regime weaponises cyberspace

Recent revelations about the close partnership between the Kremlin and NTC Vulkan, a Russian cybersecurity consultancy with links to the military, provide some rare insights into how the Putin regime weaponises cyberspace.

The Guardian - UK

‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics

Vulkan engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, prepare for attacks on infrastructure and spread disinformation

AFP

Espionage: life of a Russian 'illegal' bared in US charges

Washington (AFP) - Brazilian Viktor Ferreira was elated in May 2018 when he was accepted into the elite Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington.

The Guardian - UK

US indicts alleged Russian spy who tried to infiltrate ICC in The Hague

Sergey Cherkasov studied in US under false identity and is accused of working for Russian intelligence

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