Tag: Russia

Russia says it dismantled REvil hacking group at US request (Al Jazeera)

Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which it detained and charged the...

Missile systems and tanks spotted in Russian far east, heading west (Michael Sheldon, DFRLab)

In the first weeks of January 2022, video footage emerged of military equipment moving westward by rail all throughout the Eastern Military District (MD)...

Top Ukrainian official: Get the presidents of Ukraine, Russia, and the US together (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

With tens of thousands of Russian troops still massed along his country’s borders—and following a week of tense diplomacy between Russia and the West—Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Russia: Repression Escalates (Human Rights Watch)

Russian authorities unleashed a full-fledged witch hunt on civic groups, independent media and journalists, political opposition and other critics in the run-up to the parliamentary...

Navalny Associates Volkov, Zhdanov Placed On Russia’s ‘Terrorist’ List (RFE RL)

Ivan Zhdanov and Leonid Volkov, two of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's closest associates, have been placed on the country's list of "extremists...

Russia Says It Detained Alleged REvil Ransomware Group Members At U.S. Request (RFE RL)

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says its officers detained, at the request of the United States, several alleged hackers belonging to the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware...

‘We Have Run Out Of Patience’: Lavrov Calls For West To Respond Quickly To Kremlin Demands (RFE RL)

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has "run out of patience" with the West and expects a written response to its demands for security...

Russia Crisis: War fears mount as West rejects Putin’s ultimatum (Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council)

A week of high-stakes diplomatic meetings has failed to defuse tensions in Eastern Europe or reduce the threat of a full-scale Russian invasion of...

This year, Russia’s internet crackdown will be even worse (Justin Sherman, Atlantic Council)

When Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in 2019 allowing the state to isolate the internet within Russia in the event of a...

A big week of diplomacy with Russia is over. What’s Putin’s next move? (Atlantic Council)

They’re all talked out. From Geneva to Brussels to Vienna, high-stakes meetings between Russian officials and their Western counterparts this week failed to produce any...

Can NATO and Russia bridge their differences? (Al Jazeera)

A high-stakes meeting between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over Ukraine has ended without a breakthrough. Politicians and military men from both...

Neighbours and Crises: New Challenges for Russia (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Through all the discussions that accompanied the preparation of the Valdai Club report “Space Without Borders: Russia and Its Neighbours”, the most clear question was...

Russia says NATO talks ‘unsuccessful’ as Poland warns of war (Al Jazeera)

Russia has described its security talks with the United States and NATO this week as “unsuccessful”, saying there is continued disagreement on fundamental issues. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...

What will Putin do? An expert guide to this week’s high-wire diplomacy with Russia (Atlantic Council)

With tens of thousands of Russian troops apparently poised to invade Ukraine at President Vladimir Putin’s signal, the shot clock for serious diplomacy is...

Around the halls: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the European security order (Pavel K. Baev, Jessica Brandt, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Samantha Gross, Daniel S. Hamilton, Marvin...

Late last year, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia massed troops on its border with Ukraine...

Militaries of Russia, India, Egypt and Pakistan to hold series of drills this fall (TASS)

ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 11. /TASS/. A series of exercises with the participation of Russian servicemen and their colleagues from India, Egypt and Pakistan will be...