Undercover officers: how intelligence services have influenced Russia’s executive branch since the Soviet era to the present day
There is a presumption that the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation has significant influence over the executive power in Russia and uses methods and tools inherited from the Committee for State Security (KGB) of the Soviet Union.
Vadym Chernysh: “Russia is not a state that has a security service; it is a security service that has been ruling the nation”
“The French statesman, Count Mirabeau, once said about Prussia that it was ‘not a state that has an army, but an army that has conquered a nation.’ A bit ironically, we could apply this statement to the situation in modern Russia, changing it as follows: Russia is not a state that has a security service; it is a security service that governs the nation.”
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Vadym Chernysh: “Russia’s goal is to put together a “puzzle” of economic and military cooperation and confrontation with the West together with North Korea and Vietnam”
Last week, Putin, accompanied by a delegation of Russian officials, visited North Korea. It was his first visit to the DPRK in 24 years. Media reported that ahead of the visit, the Kremlin leader issued a decree stating that Moscow aimed to sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership agreement” with the country. After this, the Russian president also visited Vietnam. What do these visits mean? What could Russia have been negotiating with North Korea and Vietnam? And what consequences might these agreements have for Ukraine? Vadym Chernysh, Chairman of the Board of CENSS, shared his insights on this with the Pryamy TV channel. Below are some key points from his interview.
Executive Director of CENSS, Victoriia Voronina, spoke as a speaker at a seminar for journalists and communication professionals in Moldova.
On June 26, 2024, Executive Director of CENSS, Victoriia Voronina, participated as a speaker at a seminar titled “Beyond Borders in Promoting Human Rights and Fighting Disinformation (Fake News) in the Peace Process and Humanitarian Response”. The event was organized by the public organization Institute for Democracy and Development (GO I4DD), as part of the project “Enhancing Women’s Cohesion in Peace Processes and Sustainable Humanitarian Response” in partnership with UN Women and GO I4DD, through the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF).