Germany / Russia / Spy games
Ukrainian Accused of Hunting NATO Weapons Secrets for Russia
German prosecutors say the suspect approached arms-industry insiders. A judge has ordered him held.
SPY REGISTER / REPORTING & ANALYSIS
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GRU / Cyber & technology
Russian-linked hackers tunneled into NATO shipbuilder’s network, Symantec says
A defence-sector campaign reached three organisations in two NATO countries; investigators have yet to establish whether sensitive information was stolen.
United Kingdom / United States / Russia / Cyber & technology
Met suspended Oxygen Forensics software after US Russian-ownership charges
The London force reviewed its use of the forensic tools as US prosecutors accused company leaders of concealing Russian control.
GRU / Power & scandal · History
UK inquiry says GRU’s discarded Novichok bottle killed Dawn Sturgess
A statutory inquiry traced the poison from a state-authorised assassination attempt to a counterfeit perfume bottle found months later. Russia denies any role, and three charged suspects remain wanted.
Epstein Offered a Future CIA Chief an Apartment
Texts to William Burns, favors involving an FSB Academy graduate and years of access to Ehud Barak trace Epstein’s reach into the intelligence establishment.
The SVR built American lives for years. The FBI broke the sleeper ring in one day.
Operation Ghost Stories watched deep-cover agents marry, buy homes, raise children and cultivate future sources. Eleven days after ten arrests, guilty pleas became a spy swap.
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FSB / Power & scandal · History
The poisoned teapot London traced to the FSB—and probably Putin
A radioactive trail led investigators from a Mayfair hotel to two Russian visitors, an earlier failed attempt and an operation the UK inquiry said was probably approved at the top.
FBI / Power & scandal · History
The FBI’s mole kept searching for himself. The warning went unread.
Robert Hanssen’s case exposed failures in file controls, background checks and computer auditing that the bureau’s own watchdog documented in detail.