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Elena Grossfeld

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PhD Researcher War Studies, Kings College London Russia | Intelligence | Strategic Culture | Cold War views own

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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 09/07/2026
China and Russia discussed jointly countering Starlink satellites and developing a new-generation integrated air and missile defense system, according to a new investigation. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russia and China discussed plans to destroy Starlink satellites and develop a joint air defense system, The Insider reports — Meduza
China and Russia discussed jointly countering Starlink satellites and developing a new-generation integrated air and missile defense system, according to a joint investigation by The Insider, Der…
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The relationship between Israel’s political leadership and its intelligence community is entering a new phase. What does that mean? warontherocks.com/2026/07/from...
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From Shin Bet to Mossad, Netanyahu Reshapes Israeli Intelligence
Editor's Note: Rewind and Reconnoiter is one of our weekly members-only newsletters. To access the full archive of Rewind and Reconnoiter as well as our
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The relationship between Israel’s political leadership and its intelligence community is entering a new phase. What does that mean? warontherocks.com/2026/07/from...
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From Shin Bet to Mossad, Netanyahu Reshapes Israeli Intelligence
Editor's Note: Rewind and Reconnoiter is one of our weekly members-only newsletters. To access the full archive of Rewind and Reconnoiter as well as our
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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
How did #KGB detect spies? My new article based on the secret internal correspondence between the Higher School of #KGB in Moscow and the Lithuanian #KGB HQ in Vilnius. The link: tinyurl.com/yc63sp8b
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How KGB Detected Spies
Secret internal correspondence reveals what indicators KGB used to detect foreign spies
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Electrospaces.net @electrospaces.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Since the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, two Russian satellites have been secretly stalking European spacecraft: www.rand.org/pubs/comment...
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How Russia Is Intercepting Communications from European Satellites
Russia has been secretly stalking European spacecraft since its invasion of Ukraine in 2014. What can Europe do about it?
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Much of the conversation about Ukraine begins with a simple premise about what Putin can and cannot afford politically.
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Putin Is Not Trapped: Why Regime Survival Does Not Depend on Victory
For four years, analysts and policymakers have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot afford to lose” in Ukraine. Increasingly, some argue
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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 08/01/2026
📄 Call for papers 🙌🏼 King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) is delighted to partner with the Society for Intelligence History (SIH) to host the SIH Annual Conference at King's College London on October 11-13, 2026. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social (1/8)
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Modern battlefield comms
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Russians’ latest development: Starlink on a horse. There are no analogues to such a "UGV," and there never will be.
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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
My new article! "NKVD Plan to Undermine the Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1941" Based on my ongoing research of #NKVD/#MGB/#KGB files at Hoover Library & Archives! @socintelhist.bsky.social @hooverinstitution.bsky.social The link: tinyurl.com/2ah69ze6
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NKVD Plan to Undermine the Catholic Church in Lithuania in 1941
Top secret plan devised by Beria and Merkulov discovered in the archives
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 04/12/2025
A first-of-its-kind defence agreement that will let the two 🇬🇧 🇳🇴 navies operating side-by-side in the North Atlantic.
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UK and Norway team up to hunt Russian submarines and undersea sabotage
New frigates, joint P-8 maritime aircraft patrols and more frequent anti-sabotage elite training were on the table when Norway and the UK on Thursday signed a first-of-its-kind defence agreement that ...
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📜 It was a great opportunity to highlight research we published at @rusi.bsky.social in '24 on #gigeconomysabotage, w/ @kloosha.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social. 👥 It was excellent to appear alongside the expert voices of #SO15 Dom Murphy, @matthewrr.bsky.social & others.
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🎧 Grateful to contribute to the 📻 prgm "CURRENTLY: Playing Spies", drawing on what I’ve learned while observing recent UK trials linked to RU sabotage & espionage. Thanks 🙏 @gordoncorera.bsky.social & #BBC Radio 4 production team for putting this excellent programme together! 👉 shorturl.at/icEjs
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Currently - Playing Spies - BBC Sounds
Gordon Corera investigates Russia's new front line of amateur espionage.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Today is the 5th time we've captured Pokrovsk. A major defeat for the american empire.....
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
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Stephen Marrin @smarrin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Special issue of Intelligence and National Security Published! Topic is "Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation" See details here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/4...
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Intelligence and National Security
Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation. Volume 40, Issue 5 of Intelligence and National Security
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Russian intelligence uses GenAI for the same reason companies do - productivity. The difference? Their output is disinformation and cyber attacks. And they use YOUR AI tools because they can't build their own. My latest for KCSI Insights: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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If You Can't Beat Them, Steal: Russia's AI Strategy
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
New publication with Dr. Huw Dylan: how Russian disinformation exploits large language models to advance “the politics of eternity.” Tainted datasets embed lasting distortions in digital memory — a new frontier in info warfare journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
1/3 📕 #CovertAction: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention is now out! I am delighted to have co-authored the chapter “Czechoslovakia: Covert Measures in Peace and War.”
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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 30/09/2025
New addition Journal article: Revisionist future: Russia's assault on large language models, the distortion of collective memory, and the politics of eternity by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 29-09-2025) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29…
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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 30/09/2025
New addition Journal article: The War on Open-Source Intelligence by Thomas Colley, Huw Dylan (published 29-09-2025) www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080…
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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 26/08/2025
🚨Publication alert: Our KCSI members, Huw Dylan and Elena Grossfeld (@kloosha.bsky.social) have published an #openaccess article. 'Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective' @warstudieskcl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0268...
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Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...
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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 25/08/2025
New addition Journal article: Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective by Huw Dylan, Elena Grossfeld (published 22-08-2025) doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.25444…
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Our article w/Huw Dylan Unveiling Russian Intelligence Failures in the Ukraine Conflict: A Strategic Culture Perspective is out, demonstrating how Russian intelligence’s strategic culture shaped its key failures in 2022. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kcsi.uk @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
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The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Another super article from Huw Dylan and @kloosha.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...
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Diana Bolsinger @dianabolsinger.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Tomorrow's the day. Please join us!
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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Friends don’t let friends move to modern day Russia. Conmen await you there. And, possibly, violent death. nataliaantonova.substack.com/p/we-moved-t...
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"We moved to Russia for traditional values"
How Americans Derek and DeAnna Huffman were conned
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Ouch! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack
The US agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s SharePoint document management software, according...
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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Powerful statement from our boss Gen Michael Hayden w/ former CIA officer David Gioe in the new Foreign Affairs www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence
“Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council meeting on the eve of his shambolic full-scale invasion o...
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Excited to share my latest research examining how Russia's sabotage operations could extend from Europe to orbit. The space domain presents unique vulnerabilities that mirror—and amplify—the hybrid threats we're already seeing on Earth.
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Matt Johansen @mattjay.com · 18/04/2025
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Getting rid of threat hunting increases government efficiency, just not for the US government.
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon" www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
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US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Russian sabotage using gig economy approach @drichterova.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social Patrick Bury
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
▶️ 'The Long Shadow of the Soviet Sabotage?’, War on the Rocks, shorturl.at/TLhT8 ▶️ 'Russian Sabotage in the Gig-Economy Era', RUSI, co-authored @kloosha.bsky.social, @magslong.bsky.social & @patrickbury.bsky.social, shorturl.at/qp1Z9 @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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The Long Shadow of Soviet Sabotage Doctrine? - War on the Rocks
Boris Nikolaevich Rodin was a known entity in the KGB. Operating as an intelligence officer in London from 1947 to 1951, he helped manage the defection of
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The Israeli Forum for Intelligence Studies (IFIS) @ilintelligence.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
October 7 raised many difficult questions relating not only to collection and analysis, but also to the relationship b/w intelligence and policymakers. On Jan. 21 we will hold a panel to discuss intel-policy relations in a comparative perspective (USA, Russia, & Israel)>>
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Yusuf Ozkan @yozkan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Could 2024 be considered the golden year of #intelligence studies? Based on @intelarchive.io data, the answer is yes. A mini thread about publications on intelligence studies in 2024. +
Bar chart showing publications over years on intelligence studies (from 1874 to 2024).
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
#WatchingTheJackals uncovers #Czechoslovakia's interactions with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine #PFLP, led by the powerful #GeorgeHabash & the followers of its breakaway military mastermind #WadiHaddad, poisoned by #Mossad in 1978. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 20/12/2024
Our final Insights post of the year is now out - an Insight into KCSI in 2024 by @yozkan.bsky.social kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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KCSI in 2024
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🎙️ Great pleasure talking to @ianwilloughby.bsky.social @radiopraguefr.bsky.social about 📗 #WatchingTheJackals, research in #Czech archives, #Arafat, #AbuDaoud & much more. Take a listen 👇 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcsi.uk
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
A new take on Pokemon Go game - using teens to collect intel
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Daniela Richterova @drichterova.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Many 🙏 to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for quoting our piece published by @rusi.bsky.social on 🇷🇺 #sabotage in the gig-economy era, authored w/ @kloosha.bsky.social @magslong.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11... Full RUSI report: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The map that shows Russia’s ‘secret war’ with the West has now begun
Bomb scares in London, a plane crash in Lithuania: they all form part of a web of suspected acts of sabotage, and may be just the beginning
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Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Great talk tonight by @lucatrenta to @kcsi.uk on Luca’s important new book ‘The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945’ lnkd.in/e2Kc9qBw Has there been a more important time to discuss the normalisation of state sponsored assassination? @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Re-upping my starter pack for Intelligence Studies and Practitioners as there have been a number of additions recently. I hope that there can be even more in the future as more colleagues continue to migrate over here.
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Aaron Bateman @aaronbateman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Russian poking around submarine cables ... not a new issue of course. I've written about Soviet trawlers severing submarine cables that carried nuclear command and control data during the Cold War. See the article in the first comment. www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating near cables off Dublin
A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources.
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King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk · 04/11/2024
🚨New #KCSIInsights blog by Dr Daniela Richterova (@drichterova.bsky.social) who discusses her recent RUSI article with Dr Magda Long (@magslong.bsky.social), Elena Grossfeld (@kloosha.bsky.social) and Dr Patrick Bury on a New Era of Russian Sabotage. kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
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A New Era of Russian Sabotage
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Elena Grossfeld @kloosha.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
What could explain the failure of Israeli intelligence to anticipate the Hamas attack? My analysis for @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/11/i...
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