The Hesitant Spy Artem Zinchenko was a GRU officer arrested by the Estonian Security Service (KAPO) in January 2017. He was sentenced to five years in prison. He had been living under cover as a businessman running a company named Dana Investments (after his wife). The company designed and sold …
Category: Baltic Intel
False Friends
Several news agencies have covered a story that a forthcoming report by the Estonian Intelligence Service predicts that Russia will try to interfere in the 2020 US Presidential election. But this is not saying much. A prediction that Russia will try to influence the 2020 election is a bit like …
US Lithuania intelligence agreement
2 April: The United States Department of Defence has signed a new intelligence co-operation agreement with Lithuania through to 2024. This is part of bolstering the US presence in the Baltic States which are seen as a key target for a Russian “velvet takeover” i.e. by increasingly destabilising the countries …