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A Polish court sentenced Igor Rogov and his wife to prison for spying for the FSB. Rogov, a former employee of Open Russia, was convicted of passing information about Polish-based Russian opposition groups to the FSB.

Russian intelligence services are preparing to release falsified historical documents regarding World War II to disrupt relations between Ukraine and Poland, as stated by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. The FSB plans to publish fabricated materials about the Volhynia tragedy on July 5, with Russian state media amplifying the narrative.

The EU sanctioned six scientists and researchers linked to Alexei Navalny's poisoning, who died in a Russian prison in 2024. The scientists, associated with Russia's chemical weapons program, researched epibatidine, a toxin found in Navalny's body. The sanctions include asset freezes and travel bans to the EU.

Russian nationalist blogger Stanislav Morozov was detained by the FSB in Penza for exposing alleged military press gangs that forcibly recruit men through coercion. Morozov now faces seditious speech charges for warning about potential public unrest, following viral videos of women protesting the practice.

A top FSB mole inside Ukraine's SBU received a life sentence after being monitored and used to pass disinformation to Russia's FSB before his 2025 arrest.

The Russian state-sponsored APT group Gamaredon has enhanced its capabilities by improving malware deployment and server concealment techniques. This upgrade necessitates the development of new defensive strategies to counter their activities.

A 22-year-old lost $16,000 after falling for a scam involving fake calls from a mobile operator, bank officials, and FSB representatives. Scammers manipulated the victim into transferring $14,000 and later gambled $2,000, leading to severe emotional distress and police dismissal of the case as unsolvable.

FSB arrested St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traber in a murder investigation. Traber, who has reported ties to Vladimir Putin, is suspected of involvement in the 2022 murder of a businessman and politician.

SBU has foiled planned terrorist attacks in Kharkiv by detaining an alleged FSB agent who prepared over 12 kg of explosives for remote detonation in crowded areas. The suspect was arrested during a video call with a Russian handler and faces up to 12 years in prison.

The article discusses Russia's historical use of 'active measures' to disrupt democracies, highlighting recent operations in Europe targeting ethnic minorities through defacement and divisive tactics. It notes the evolution of these strategies with AI and cognitive warfare, emphasizing the role of Russian intelligence agencies like the SVR, GRU, and FSB in undermining Western political systems.

A Russian father and daughter faced persecution for opposing Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The 12-year-old daughter drew an anti-war picture at school in March 2022, leading to FSB involvement, her father’s arrest for discrediting the Russian army, and their eventual exile to Strasbourg as refugees.

The FSB accused Western intelligence agencies and major tech companies of orchestrating a cyber operation to hack and spy on high-ranking Russian officials' smartphones. The operation allegedly involved global tech firms Fastly and Cloudflare.

Vladimir Putin has directed the FSB to establish a 'White List' internet system in Russia, shifting from blocking undesirable sites to ensuring only state-approved resources are accessible. This move grants the FSB expanded network control and enhances the Kremlin's ability to rapidly reshape or restrict online access.

Putin mandated that healthcare platforms, the Gosuslugi government services portal, and electronic payment networks remain accessible during internet outages. The order requires these critical services to stay available under broader network restrictions.

Ukraine’s SBU, HUR, and Navy dismantled a Black Sea smuggling route used to transport weapons and Russian-made drones disguised as cigarette shipments from occupied Abkhazia. Four suspects were detained during a year-long operation that uncovered an FSB-linked plot to deliver an armed UAV to Odesa.

Russia's FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov warned that reliance on Western technology, such as surveillance systems, poses security risks after claiming U.S. and Israeli intelligence used video monitoring in Tehran to track Iranian officials. The warning highlights concerns about smart cameras exposing sensitive information.

Explosives, identified as factory-made naval magnetic mines from a NATO country, were discovered on the hull of an LPG tanker docked at Ust-Luga Port. The FSB confirmed the devices' origin and nature.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian special forces successfully struck a Russian FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson, destroying a Pantsir-S1 air defense system. The operation resulted in approximately 100 Russian casualties, including killed and wounded troops.

Russia's FSB claims to have foiled a bomb plot linked to Ukraine, resulting in the arrest of a German woman found with a bomb in her backpack. The agency accuses the woman of participating in a plot orchestrated by Ukraine.