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This is the first book introducing the Proxy Intelligence concept, which focuses on the U.S. non-profit intelligence actors, such as NPOs/NGOs, foundations, and even parties. A sequel to The History of the U.S. Private Intelligence, this book exposes intelligence activities of private non-profit organizations. Simply put, this is a detailed file of the U.S. private intelligence industry gathered by OSINT methods. The book will interest a wide audience of journalists, public officials,...

At the following link, you can download and read R-Techno partner Nicolas Laos’s book entitled “A Mathematical Compendium with Applications.” Every civilized person in general and every competent intelligence analyst in particular must have some familiarity with structured, logical and mathematical thinking. This is necessary to develop reality awareness and efficient ways of action. Scientific education helps us to perform our functions with objectivity and with awareness of our own...

Dear friends, Throughout these two decades, we have navigated various challenges including a number of financial crises, an epidemic, a military conflict, to name just a few. Despite these turbulent environments, we have succeeded in establishing ourselves as a leading professional entity within our industry. Our voice is sought after, our techniques are emulated, and we serve as a role model for others in our field. In recent years, R-Techno has undergone significant organizational...

Experts are discussing several theories about where the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, may have disappeared and who could succeed him. The Disappearing Commander: The Russian media analyzed various versions about the disappearance of the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Zaluzhni The question of where the Kiev commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny, nicknamed "The Butcher of Bachmut" has disappeared is of interest not only to Ukrainians. Russian and...

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...