Written by Mahina Shodizoda There are not many netizens in Tajikistan that have remained silent about a recent car crash in Dushanbe involving a relative of President Emomali Rahmon. The incident has demonstrated once again that powerful and well-connected individuals are above the law in the country. But it has also shown that simple technological […]
Estonian Residence Permit Scandal: 5 Years After
Residence permits in first-class countries have always been a hot product for wealthy Russians. They crave legal protection for their assets and in case things go too wrong in their home country – an ability to flee somewhere where they would at least have a day in proper court if extradition is requested. Those reasons […]
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu opens dialogue with his American counterpart by phone
Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby provided the following readout of a telephone conversation between Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. While not mentioned in the Pentagon brief – it was the Russian Defense Minister who initiated the contact. The Pentagon press release read as follows: “Secretary of Defense […]
Russian spy got very”close” to top level cabinet member in the Obama Administration
In a documentary broadcast, highly respected FBIcounter-intelligence chief Frank Figliuzzi claimed a sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman got “close to a top level official in the Obama Administration” (see article: Russian agent Anna Chapman ‘came close to catching top Obama official in a honey trap,’ FBI counter intelligence chief claims Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124371/Russian-agent-Anna-Chapman-came-close-catching-Obama-official-honey-trap-U-S-spy-catcher-claims.html#ixzz1r0EwMynx. Figliuzzi didn’t name names, […]
Russian spies very methodical and systematic in their approach to intelligence gathering
Despite all the media reports of how stupid the Russian spy suspects were to get “caught” by the FBI sting in 2010, they were surprisingly coherent in their approach to human intelligence gathering, or HUMINT. HUMINT is a syllabic abbreviation of the words “HUMan INTelligence”. Refers to intelligence gathering by means of interpersonal contact, as […]
NYET: Russian eatery refuses to serve FBI/CIA agents in Sochi, Russia
Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong took the picture of the “odd sign” on Friday. It indicated that “We do not serve FBI and CIA agents.” Another sign read “We remember the Cold War”. “For the most part the Central Intelligence Agency is despised in Russia, as is the FBI. That is reflected here in the sign […]