Latest Russia Headlines
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Nearly All Sanctioned Russian Oil Tankers Remain Idle and Empty Months After Sanctions
May 20 2024 // Dozens of tankers remain stuck doing nothing months after being sanctioned by the Treasury Department — a signal of the US’s scope to disrupt Moscow’s petroleum supply chain if it chooses to. Since October,...
Russian Certifier Steps in After India Drops Safety Cover for Sanctioned Oil Tankers
May 13 2024 // India’s ship certification agency has withdrawn safety cover issued to Russian oil tankers that have been placed under U.S. sanctions, according to its website, with the vessels instead turning to a domestic...
Russia Court Suspends Corporate Rights of Alfa Bank Entities, Including Insurance Arm
May 13 2024 // A Russian court on Monday suspended the corporate rights of the Cyprus-registered holding companies of private lender Alfa Bank and its insurance arm Alfastrakhovanie, according to a court filing. The finance ministry...
EU Aims to Target 11 Russian Ships Involved in Sanctions-Busting
May 7 2024 // The European Union has proposed restrictions on 11 vessels that contribute to Russia’s ability to sustain its war against Ukraine. The proposed measures, if approved by member states, would ban the ships from...
Key Insurer Says Russia Oil Price Cap Increasingly Unenforceable
Apr 30 2024 // A Group of Seven-imposed cap on the price of Russia oil is becoming increasingly unenforceable, an organization at the heart of the global insurance industry said, offering one of the most direct criticisms yet of measures...
Russia Reinsurer Backs Domestic Carriers to Get Indian Marine Insurance Permits
Apr 26 2024 // Russia’s state-owned reinsurer has given financial backing to three Russian insurance firms, allowing them to get Indian approval to provide marine insurance cover to tankers, two sources said, as Moscow seeks to...
Tiny Texas City Repels Russia-Tied Hackers Eyeing Water System
Apr 22 2024 // When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system. Hale Center is a dusty, cotton-growing...
CISA Says Russian Hackers Used Microsoft Access to Steal Government Emails
Apr 12 2024 // The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft’s email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an...
Russia’s Baltika Sues Carlsberg Subsidiaries for Over $900M in Damages
Apr 1 2024 // Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns ($902 million), Russian court filings showed, as the two parties fight over the future of...
Update: Foreign Firms’ Losses From Exiting Russia Top $107 Billion
Mar 28 2024 // The corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than $107 billion in writedowns and lost revenue, a Reuters analysis of company filings and statements showed. The volume...
Russia’s Oil Is Finally Getting Snarled by Sanctions
Mar 25 2024 // The Russian oil-export machine funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is finally getting some grit in its gears. Indian oil refiners — Moscow’s second-biggest customers after China since the 2022 invasion —...
Yemen’s Houthis Tell China, Russia Their Ships Won’t Be Targeted
Mar 22 2024 // The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s...
Russian Hackers Are Weaponizing Stolen Microsoft Passwords
Mar 13 2024 // A Russian state-sponsored hacking group that stole sensitive data from Microsoft Corp. executives is trying to leverage that information to compromise the company’s source code and other internal systems, according...
Microsoft Warns Russian Hackers Still Trying to Break Into its Systems
Mar 11 2024 // Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose...
Russia Oil Fleet Shifts Away From Liberia, Marshall Island Flags as Sanctions Ramp Up
Mar 6 2024 // Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks after the United States ramped up sanctions enforcement on ships linked to those registries, according...
Russia’s LockBit Disrupted But Not Dead, Hacking Experts Warn
Feb 22 2024 // Two arrests. Twenty-eight servers seized. And 1,000 decryption keys obtained that can help hacking victims worldwide get their data back. The takedown announced Tuesday of the Russia-linked hacking gang LockBit, which by...
Flying Got Safer Last Year Almost Everywhere Except Russia
Feb 20 2024 // Flying further improved its safety record last year, extending a long-term trend that’s set to continue despite quality lapses at Boeing Co. and maintenance setbacks in Russia, where sanctions have put decades of...
Russia’s Aeroflot Finalizes Insurance Settlement for 7 More Planes
Feb 16 2024 // Russia’s Aeroflot has finalized insurance settlements with leasing companies for seven more planes, it said on Friday. Planes leased by Russian airlines from foreign leasing companies have been in limbo since...
US and Allies Kick Russian Hackers Off Home Routers, FBI Says
Feb 16 2024 // The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organization to “well over a thousand home and small business routers” used for criminal and intelligence purposes, FBI Director...
Microsoft Says it Caught Hackers From China, Russia and Iran Using its AI Tools
Feb 15 2024 // State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday. Microsoft said in its report...
