entitled “Russian Sabotage in the Gig-Economy Era”, written by Daniela

Richterova, Elena Grossfeld, Magda Long and Patrick Bury. I’m delighted

to be joined by three of them today.

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We are experiencing the most intense era of sabotage since the Second

World War in Western countries. Russian operations have now reached

unprecedented levels. It seems the main aim is to increase the costs of

supporting Ukraine, while at the same time slowing the delivery of

military supplies. Russian operations are increasingly organised around

‘gig-economy’ principles. The dangers are mounting from operations that

have an element of plausible deniability, that can scale, while causing

significant damage and sowing terror.

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LINKS:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2024.2401232

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03071847.2024.2401232?needAccess=true

https://news.sky.com/story/mi6-and-cia-warn-of-reckless-campaign-of-sabotage-across-europe-being-waged-by-russia-13210838

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e15yr1gwo

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BIOGRAPHIES:

Daniela Richterova is Associate Professor in Intelligence Studies at the

Department of War Studies, King’s College London. She is Director of

the MA in Intelligence and International Security and Co-director of the

King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence. She is the author of the

forthcoming monograph Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons

with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries (Georgetown University

Press, January 2025).

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-daniela-richterova

https://x.com/drichterova?lang=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-daniela-richterova-219a292b/

https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/daniela.richterova

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Elena Grossfeld is a PhD candidate at the Department of War Studies,

King’s College London, researching intelligence organisations, their

strategic culture and technologies. Her recent publications include

‘Russia’s Declining Satellite Reconnaissance Capabilities and its

Implications for Security and International Stability’, an examination

of the implications of declining Russia’s space capabilities for the war

in Ukraine and global stability.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/elena-grossfeld

https://kcsi.uk/members/elena-grossfeld

https://x.com/kloosha

https://rusi.org/people/grossfeld

https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elena-grossfeld/

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Magda Long is Visiting Research Fellow at the King’s Centre for the

Study of Intelligence at King’s College London. She has two decades of

combined work and academic experience in defence and security,

intelligence and risk management. Her research examines how states use

covert activities to pursue their foreign policy objectives and mitigate

national security threats, and as a tool in hybrid warfare.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/magda-long

https://kcsi.uk/members/dr-magda-long

https://x.com/magda_long?lang=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/magda-long-97b9604/

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Patrick Bury is Reader in Warfare and Counterterrorism at the University

of Bath. A UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, he has over 20 years’ experience

in the security sector as a practitioner, analyst and scholar.

https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-bury

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bury-50b43838/

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