Bangladesh, July 20 -- Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) was developing an ambitious artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to combine public media monitoring with classified internal databases, according to newly leaked documents reviewed by investigative outlet IStories. Although the project was ultimately abandoned before completion, the leaked records provide a rare glimpse into how Russian security agencies sought to harness modern AI technology to strengthen intelligence gathering and information analysis.

The system, codenamed PAUK-the Russian acronym for “Portal for Analytics and Usage of Contents”-was intended to help FSB officers rapidly search for information about individuals, organizations, and ev...