Latest Russia Headlines
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Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Faces Big Hurdles Amid Ukraine Tensions
Dec 29 2021 // FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The pipeline is built and being filled with natural gas. But Russia’s Nord Stream 2 faces a rocky road before any gas flows to Germany, with its new leaders adopting a more skeptical tone...
Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally
Dec 17 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account of a TV channel owned by a sanctioned ally of President Vladimir Putin. The Moscow Ninth...
U.S. Calls for Outer Space Norms After ‘Irresponsible’ Russia Test
Dec 3 2021 // U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday criticized an “irresponsible” Russian test that endangered the International Space Station with debris, and the Biden administration laid out a new strategy for...
Russia Missile Test Creates New Belt of Space Junk, Escalating Threat to Satellites
Nov 19 2021 // The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as companies such as SpaceX and Boeing Co. make plans to launch as many as 65,000 commercial spacecraft...
Russia Tech Giant Yandex Uses AI to Reward Safe Drivers With Insurance Discounts
Nov 2 2021 // Russian tech giant Yandex plans to reward responsible drivers on its car-sharing platform with cheaper insurance this year, it told Reuters, using machine learning in a pilot program similar to one already adopted by...
Hundreds of U.S. Networks Targeted by Russian Cyber Attack, Microsoft Says
Oct 25 2021 // The Russian-based agency behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberattack has targeted hundreds more companies and organizations in its latest wave of attacks on U.S.-based computer systems, Microsoft said in a blog...
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance to Cut Size of IPO to $250M: Sources
Oct 20 2021 // MOSCOW – Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Group will reduce the size of its IPO to $250 million from an initial $290 million, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday, selling only new shares plus an over-allotment...
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Seeks $1 Billion Valuation in IPO
Oct 11 2021 // Renaissance Insurance Group JSC, Russia’s largest online policy provider, set a price range for its initial public offering in Moscow that values the company at as much as 73.3 billion rubles ($1...
Russia Arrests Top Cyber Security Exec, Sending Shockwaves in Business Community
Oct 1 2021 // MOSCOW (AP) – Russian authorities have arrested an executive of a top cyber-security company on the charges of high treason, a move that has sent shock waves through Russia’s business community. A court in Moscow...
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Plans to Raise Up to $290M in IPO on Moscow Exchange
Sep 27 2021 // Renaissance Insurance Group said on Monday it plans to list its shares on the Moscow Exchange and raise up to $290 million in an initial public offering (IPO), riding Russia’s emerging IPO wave. Russian IPO activity,...
Russia’s Largest Online Insurer Weighs Acquisitions Ahead of Possible IPO
Sep 23 2021 // Renaissance Insurance, Russia’s largest online policy provider, is trawling the country’s traditional insurers for acquisition targets as it prepares for a possible initial public offering. RenIns — which...
Russia-Linked Ransomware Group Hits Iowa Grain Cooperative, Violating Biden Warning
Sep 21 2021 // After a furious run of ransomware attacks in the first half of the year, President Joe Biden in July warned his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that Russia-based hacking groups should steer clear of 16 critical...
Russia’s Tech Giant Yandex Says It Repelled Biggest DDoS Attack in History
Sep 9 2021 // MOSCOW — A cyber attack on Russian tech giant Yandex’s servers in August and September was the largest known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the history of the internet, the company said on...
Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Plans $1 Billion IPO in Moscow: Reuters
Sep 6 2021 // Renaissance Insurance Group is planning to hold an initial public offering on the Moscow Exchange potentially as early as this autumn, a source familiar with the preparation for the listing told Reuters on Friday. The...
Biden Administration Sanctions Russian Insurer for Nord Stream 2: Report
Aug 23 2021 // The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Russian entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, but is leaving in place a waiver that spared the company overseeing the construction and its...
Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline 99% Complete, but Insurance Needed Before Gas Flows
Aug 20 2021 // A controversial Russian pipeline to Europe can deliver its first batches of natural gas to Germany this year, according to Gazprom PJSC. The Nord Stream 2 link can ship 5.6 billion cubic meters of the fuel in 2021, the...
Russia TV Channel Abandons Talks with Google to Get YouTube Account Unblocked
Aug 16 2021 // MOSCOW – Tsargrad TV, a news channel owned by a sanctioned Russian businessman, said it had abandoned talks with Google to have its YouTube account unblocked and on Monday accused the U.S. group of dragging its feet in...
Flooding Damages Bridge on Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway, Blocking Traffic
Jul 23 2021 // MOSCOW – Flooding has damaged a bridge on Russia’s Trans-Siberian railway in its Far East, suspending traffic in the area, officials said on Friday, and President Vladimir Putin said full track repair would take...
U.S. Fights Cyber Attacks by Blacklisting, Sanctioning Russian Tech Firms
Jul 19 2021 // The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia’s cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms and two other entities over “aggressive and harmful” activities...
How Russian Military Uses ‘Brute Force’ to Hack U.S. Government, Companies
Jul 8 2021 // U.S. and British agencies disclosed last week details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy...
