Russia's Sabotage Campaign

Three years into the full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has escalated its efforts to destabilize NATO countries and weaken support for Ukraine through intensified sabotage operations across Europe. Recent warnings from MI5 and German intelligence highlight a significant surge in Russian espionage, acts of arson, and even assassination attempts targeting facilities and leaders involved in Ukraine’s defence.

Alexei Navalny’s story exemplifies this growing threat. Following his poisoning, his return to Russia was a perilous misstep amid Putin’s assertive regime. Russia’s hybrid warfare, including cyberattacks, disinformation, and weaponized migration, poses pressing challenges to Europe’s stability and Western security.

Andrei Soldatov is an investigative journalist, now in exile, co-founder, and editor of Agentura.ru, an online watchdog of Russia’s security and intelligence services. Soldatov is a senior fellow with the Center For European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a visiting fellow at King’s (Centre For the Study of Intelligence). As a journalist, Soldatov covered the terrorist…