Covert Subversion against Norway
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
13 Aug 2025. Norway says that Russian hackers took control over a Norwegian dam in April 2025, opening a flood gate and releasing “500 litres (132 gallons) of water per second for four hours before the attack was detected and stopped,” with the aim “to influence and to cause fear and chaos among the general population.”
https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-spy-chief-blames-russian-hackers-dam-sabotage-april-2025-08-13/
Covert and Political Subversion vs. Poland
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
13 Aug 2025. The Polish prosecutors charge a group of the Russian intelligence’s assets, accusing them of engaging in sabotage in Poland “aimed at generating public unrest and creating a sense of helplessness among state authorities.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-charges-group-with-sabotage-behalf-foreign-intelligence-2025-08-13/
Political Support of the Orban Government in Hungary
Serving Objective 2: Strengthening the Western political forces considered by Moscow to be inimical to the Western-led international order, and the Kremlin’s relationships with such forces
Aug 2025. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issues a statement accusing the European Commission of considering “regime change in Budapest”.
https://www.reuters.com/world/hungarian-opposition-leader-accuses-russia-political-interference-2025-08-14/
Political Support of the Vucic Administration in Serbia
Serving Objective 15: Entrenching Russian influence in the Western Balkans
17 Aug 2025. Moscow pledges support to the Serbian president Vucic in the face of protests against his rule, saying it “cannot remain unresponsive to what is happening in brotherly Serbia,” claiming that Serbian police were “using lawful methods and means to contain the violent mobs.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qye9qvxn5o
17 Jun 2025. FPRI reports that Russia “provided cover for the illegal use of sonic weapons against demonstrators by the Serbian police by sending Federal Security Service (FSB) officers to Belgrade to investigate the incident,” who then “cleared the Serbian police of any such violation even though the use of a sonic weapon was demonstrated worldwide in numerous videos of the event.”
https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/06/will-russian-political-warfare-operations-in-the-balkans-fuel-its-next-war/
Diplomatic Subversion against France targeting French Polynesia
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
4 Jun 2025. The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson accuses the French authorities of “refusing to cooperate on the issues of decolonization” and ignoring the French Polynesia’s “right to self-determination and independence.”
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/2023365/#02
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