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By Dr. Nicolas Laos (Partner, R-Techno Ltd) On 12 January 2023, in Volos (Thessaly, Greece), which is the seat of the Greek-Orthodox Metropolis of Dimitrias and Almyros, a strongly politicized anti-Russian “theological conference” took place. The participants included nearly 400 Orthodox Christian theologians from 44 countries formally convened in order to discuss supposedly “Nicaea-sized” questions facing the Eastern Orthodox Church in the context of war and division. The keynote...

Dear comrade Rybar, considering  the issue of private intelligence agencies in Russia, you are absolutely right when you emphasize that such organizations were needed “yesterday”. The high efficiency of such organizations will be due to the lack of bureaucracy and the subordination of employees to a single goal - high performance. Otherwise, they will be removed. The current mechanisms of the special services have become so ossified that the system may well “cook in itself”, showing...

Political economy is a social science that studies production of economic wealth, trade (of goods and services), and distribution of income as well as their relationship with the political and legal system. Moreover, it is the study of the manner in which economic theories affect different socio-economic systems as well as the creation and implementation of public policy.  Like many other social scientists, I agree with Kurt Lewin’s assertion that there is nothing as practical as a good...

With this essay, I continue my research into the history of espionage and intelligence in general. In the first part of this research project, which was published by R-Techno Ltd on 15 August 2022, I discussed important aspects of the thought and the actions of Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, Sir Francis Walsingham, Christopher Marlowe, Daniel Defoe, Cardinal Richelieu, and Benjamin Franklin in the fields of espionage and intelligence in general. You can download and read that essay in the...

“A Practical Course of HUMINT for Private Intelligence” by President of R-Techno Intelligence Agency Roman Romachev has finally come out. The book describes technologies for investigating information in the private intelligence sector. This is a unrivaled work, which highlights the entire process from a holistic perspective: search for a source of information, legendizing, psychological profiling, development of the first contact approach, lie detection technologies, HUMINT manipulation...

Introduction The field of intelligence studies, as an academic discipline, has served as a conduit through which the calibration of foreign policy, the history of war, the history of diplomacy, the development and decline of empire, and the restructuring of the international system in general have been subjected to new methods of inquiry and analysis. Furthermore, the field of intelligence studies is intimately related to business and economic policy (business intelligence being an...

The objectives of the Laboratory have become even more relevant during Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. Among them are: system-based training of highly-qualified personnel in mounting information and hybrid warfare, including operations intended to seize initiatives on a strategic and tactic level; development of a system approach to combat information and hybrid warfare on a national and international level; organization of studies in this field (combating...

Belarus faced an enormous pressure on its sovereignty and independence in 2020. And now the onslaught continues. An important event is ahead - the referendum. If the Belarusian people show their unity, they will vote for an updated Constitution so that the country could maintain its independence and sovereignty.  That opinion was shared by Russian political analyst Andrei Manoilo with the channel Belarus 1.    Andrei Manoilo , political scientist, professor at Lomonosov Moscow State...

Often policy-makers and, in general, decision-makers do not lack advise or information; they are in many respects overwhelmed by advice and information. They do lack analyses, syntheses, and mainly criteria on which to base judgments. In the absence of suitable analyses, syntheses, and standards, all advice tends to become equivalent, and, ultimately, pragmatism and factionalism prevail. The dilemma of policy is not so much that it cannot act on what it has defined as useful and...

Author: Andrey V. Manoilo – 09/06/2021 Abstract Objective. A study of the latest practices (forms, methods, tools, and technologies) of information operations, specificities of their hybridization, as well as the newest forms and methods of counteroperation. Procedures and Methods. The increasing militarization of the information space leads to changes in the views toward forceful methods of changing the geopolitical balance. This, in turn, results in genuine technological...