Adversary Intelligence — 2026-08-22

Slovenian Parliamentary Committee Demands Intelligence Report on Presidents Alleged Ties to Russian Intelligence Contact

BLUFSlovenia's intelligence services are very unlikely to suspend reporting to President Pirc Musar's office by October 21, but the underlying allegations create a durable political vulnerability that opposition parties will exploit to constrain her foreign policy latitude.

SDS MP Žan Mahnič submitted a parliamentary initiative on Thursday demanding that SOVA, the Defense Ministry's intelligence service OVS, and other agencies immediately suspend intelligence and security reporting to President Nataša Pirc Musar and her office, citing suspicion she is connected to a Russian spy network operating in Europe 1. The initiative follows reporting by Dnevnik and Austria's APA that the president made multiple private trips to Russia between 2015 and 2022, most recently in late December 2021 and early January 2022, weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine 12. Mahnič's initiative and Slovenian outlets link the case to Viktorija Krivolucka, a dual Russian-Slovenian citizen and friend of the president, whose past address in Krasnoyarsk was reportedly tied to Roman Jeglič, a former deputy director of Slovenia's post-independence intelligence service who later lived in Russia; the president's office has confirmed she met Jeglič in the past 1. The Office of the President has denied any ties to Russian intelligence and stated Krivolucka was vetted when granted Slovenian citizenship with no risks identified 13. Former SOVA director Rajko Kozmelj told 24ur that he holds no direct information on the case but that Krivolucka's access to the president would make her a valuable target for foreign intelligence services using "soft approach" recruitment methods 12.

Analysis
SOVA and OVS are very unlikely to suspend intelligence reporting to Pirc Musar's office by October 21, since Mahnič's initiative is a single MP's non-binding request lacking government or legislative backing and the president's office has flatly denied the underlying allegation; a formal ZNPPol vetting of Krivolucka is the more consequential near-term option, standing independent of the suspension demand. Moderate confidence reflects convergence between two independently reporting Slovenian primary outlets, 24ur.com and Demokracija, quoting the same former SOVA director on "soft approach" recruitment risk, though neither supplies direct evidence tying Krivolucka to a foreign service. The controversy may reflect SDS's pattern of weaponizing intelligence-adjacent claims against political rivals rather than a substantiated finding, particularly since Krivolucka's citizenship vetting a decade ago found no risk. Continued reporting keeps government and police resources focused on that discrete vetting rather than a wholesale review of presidential access, while any suspension would cut Pirc Musar off from classified threat assessments during her NATO commander-in-chief functions.

3 sources

MP Mahnič has submitted an initiative to suspend cooperation between SOVA and the Office of the President - Demokracija
Sova bo Knovs seznanila glede morebitnih vplivov Rusije in Izraela - 24ur.com
Slovenian president denies ties to Russian intelligence - New Voice of Ukraine