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The SORM information interception system has existed in Russia and has been constantly updated since the early 1990s. Our dossier on the division of labor between intelligence agencies, telecom operators, research centers, and ministry officials within the SORM (System of Operational Investigative Measures) ecosystem.
The most striking feature of the past four years for Russia’s security and intelligence agencies is that they have emerged largely intact, in terms of both leadership and structure.
State security agencies are amplifying warnings to enemies of the state using compliant pro-Kremlin journalists. Having realized that the Kremlin couldn’t control these young people by the usual means, the FSB has returned to tried and trusted methods, including intimidation and harassment.
In mid-January, Ekaterina Pronicheva, the 48-year-old daughter of a prominent FSB general, was appointed the new director of the Pushkin Museum. The same day, her younger sister Elena, 42 years old, resigned as a director of the Tretyakov Gallery.
How the Shadow Fleet Enables Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Europe.
The spy agency has drafted legislation that would allow FSB officers to take part in the work of juvenile commissions across the country and to feed intelligence on so-called “troubled youth” into government blacklists and databases.
Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians, a policy completely at odds with the agencies’ multiethnic histories. It is a risky move that may one day bring serious consequences to the regime.
Russia’s rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. The Russian Duma has adopted a bill that effectively introduces punishment for internet searches deemed extremist by the authorities. In reality, it is yet another ambitious attempt by the Kremlin to change Russian social behavior following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
An excerpt from Our Dear Friends in Moscow, the new book on the fate of a group of Russian friends.
While the Russian army measures its successes in Ukraine in meters of captured territory, inside the country the FSB is quietly but methodically building a base for a new GULAG.
