Tag: Russia

India is purchasing £25 billion worth of weapons, including Russian S-400 systems

The Indian government has approved the purchase of new weapons worth an estimated 2.38 trillion rupees, approximately 25 billion dollars, and among the arms...

Moscow’s ‘Narva People’s Republic’ Hoax Exposed, Potentially Helping Kremlin

(Paul Globe - The Jamestown Foundation) Given Russian history, memories of some in the West asking in the 1990s, “Who will die for Narva?,”...

Will Iran War Give Green Light To Russia’s Power Of Siberia-2 Pipeline?

(Reid Standish - RFE/RL) The war in Iran and the resulting energy shock could revive China’s interest in a long-stalled pipeline to import Russian...

Kremlin says it has received no information from Iran on reported US 15-point plan

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russia has not received any information from Iran about a reported US 15-point plan and so Moscow cannot assess the reliability of...

Russia launches nearly 1,000 drones in one of war’s largest assaults, killing 7 and injuring at least 50

(Yuliia Taradiuk - The Kyiv Independent) Russia launched nearly 1,000 attack drones against Ukraine over the 24-hour period between March 23 and March 24,...

Russia-linked actors target WhatsApp and Signal in phishing campaign

(Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Threat actors linked to Russian Intelligence Services are running phishing campaigns to hijack high-value accounts on messaging apps like...

How AI is supercharging Russian propaganda | Ukraine This Week

(The Kyiv Independent) In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines how artificial intelligence is changing the way we see and...

Ukraine war undermining Russia’s Arctic plans, US intelligence says

(Michael Peck - Defense News) Russia’s efforts to assert its power in the Arctic are being undermined by the Ukraine war, according to U.S....

Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to breach Ukrainian maritime agency

(Daryna Antoniuk - The Record) A Russian state-backed hacker group has targeted a Ukrainian government agency using a stealthy phishing campaign that exploits a...

Russia to step up security for high-ranking military officials, FSB chief says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russia intends to step up security for high-ranking military officials, the state-run TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing Federal Security Service...

Russia establishes Vienna as key western spy hub targeting NATO

(Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Western intelligence reports that Russia has transformed Vienna into its largest Western spy hub, steadily expanding surveillance over the...

Russia calls for ‘safety island’ around Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) A senior Russian official called on Thursday for the creation of a safety zone around Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant to prevent...

Facing Russian Hybrid Threats in Advance of Elections, Armenia Struggles to Maintain Pro-U.S. and EU Path

(Laura Thornton - Just Security) Armenians head to the polls on June 7 to elect all 101 members of its parliament, the National Assembly,...

For Orban’s opposition, Russia looms large over Hungary’s election

(Martin Fornusek - The Kyiv Independent) For some Hungarians, next month's parliamentary election is a chance to break with Russia, a country many believe...

From street detentions to car seizures, Russia intensifies conscription of Ukrainians in occupied territories

(Yuliia Taradiuk - The Kyiv Independent) Russia continues conscripting Ukrainians into the Russian army in occupied territories, according to the reports from the National...

Russia slams ‘EU warmongers’ for not backing Trump’s war against its ally

(Tim Zadorozhnyy - The Kyiv Independent) Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev on March 17 accused European leaders of being "anti-Trump" after they declined to support...