Latest Russia Headlines
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Russia Fights Wildfires in Siberia and the Far East
Jun 15 2021 // Russian emergency workers fought wildfires burning Sunday on more than 550 square kilometers (212 square miles) of territory mostly in Siberia and the Far East. The state agency responsible for fighting forest fires,...
Russia-Linked Hacking Group Is Behind JBS Cyber Attack: Sources
Jun 2 2021 // A notorious Russia-linked hacking group is behind the cyber attack against JBS SA, according to four people familiar with the assault who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The cyber gang goes by the name...
Russian Spy Agency SVR Responsible for SolarWinds Hack: White House
Apr 16 2021 // The White House said in a statement on Thursday that Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the SVR, was responsible for the SolarWinds hack, which led to the compromise of nine federal agencies and hundreds...
Russia Vulnerable to Climate Change, Causing Expensive Natural Disasters
Apr 14 2021 // The residents of Irkutsk, one of Russia’s coldest regions, are used to harsh winters. But when the temperature dropped to negative 60 degrees Celsius (-76 Fahrenheit) last January, even they had to submit to the...
Update – Italy’s Generali Eyes €2 Billion Acquisition in Russia: Source
Mar 17 2021 // MILAN – Italy’s top insurer Generali is considering an acquisition in Russia worth about 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion), although the project is still at a very early stage, a source close to the situation said on...
China’s Microsoft Hack, Russia’s SolarWinds Attack Threaten to Overwhelm U.S.
Mar 10 2021 // China’s global attack on Microsoft’s popular email software revealed last week and an equally sprawling Russian attack discovered three months ago have created a two-front war that threatens to overwhelm...
Russian Mining Giant Nornickel Fined $2 Billion for Huge Arctic Fuel Spill
Feb 5 2021 // MOSCOW – Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined $2 billion on Friday for the damage caused by a huge fuel spill last year in the country’s worst environmental disaster in the Arctic. The leakage in May of...
Future of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Looks Increasingly Uncertain
Jan 20 2021 // The future of Nord Stream 2 looks increasingly uncertain as the U.S. ramped up pressure on the project with new sanctions, and companies walked away from the controversial Russian gas link. The new sanctions come just days...
Zurich Insurance to Stop Insuring Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Project: Sources
Jan 19 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group will drop out of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project in the face of looming U.S. sanctions against European companies that support construction of the $11 billion gas pipeline, two sources familiar...
U.S. Warns of Sanctions on European Firms and Insurers Over Russia’s Nord Stream
Jan 13 2021 // The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration...
Russian Spy Tools Linked to SolarWinds Hack, Says Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky
Jan 11 2021 // The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday. Investigators...
Russia Expedites Work on Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Before U.S. Tightens Sanctions
Dec 30 2020 // Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas into Germany. Construction of the 1,230-kilometer (764-mile)...
Cyber Attacks Cost Russian Companies and Citizens $49B in 2020: Sberbank
Dec 29 2020 // MOSCOW – Cyber attacks have cost Russian companies and citizens up to 3.6 trillion roubles ($49 billion) this year, the country’s largest lender Sberbank said. Russia has encouraged its citizens to switch to bank...
Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Government: Espionage or Act of War?
Dec 21 2020 // The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it “virtually a declaration of war” and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying...
Suspected Russian Cyber Espionage Has U.S. Government, Businesses Scrambling
Dec 15 2020 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was directed by the Russian government. Emails sent by...
Judge Throws Out Trump Campaign’s Libel Claim Against CNN
Nov 13 2020 // A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign against CNN over a 2019 opinion piece which it said suggested the campaign would be open to Russian...
U.S. Sanctions to Target Insurers In Fight Against Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2
Nov 12 2020 // The U.S. is drawing up additional sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, the latest obstacle in the path of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) Russia-to-Germany link that’s been halted almost...
Q&A: Where Drugmakers Are in the Race for COVID-19 Vaccine
Nov 9 2020 // Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. The following is what we...
Russia-Based Hackers Plan New Wave of Attacks Against U.S. Hospitals: Security Firm
Nov 2 2020 // A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple at least ten more, according to the cyber-security firm Prevailion Inc. Prevailion’s...
Japan to Take Countermeasures to Prevent Cyber Attacks from Derailing Tokyo Games
Oct 20 2020 // Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks after Britain and the United States accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to disrupt the...
