Latest Russia Headlines
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World’s Automakers Face Massive Disruption from Car Sharing Phenomenon
Feb 11 2019 // When Evgeny Barkov owned a car, the 31-year-old software salesman would often look out of his Moscow window at it with disgust. His possession sat unused more than 90 percent of time, while sucking up money and causing him...
Cyber Attack, or Act of (Cyber) War?
Feb 4 2019 // How a Small Distinction Can Nullify Insurance Coverage In June 2017, the NotPetya virus crippled many large companies including Merck and Mondelez (the manufacturer of Nabisco, Cadbury, and Toblerone). The aggregated...
CIA Says China, Russia Pose Biggest Cyber Attack Threats to U.S.
Jan 30 2019 // Russia and China pose the biggest espionage and cyber attack threats to the United States and are more aligned than they have been in decades, the leader of the U.S. intelligence community told U.S. senators on...
Ship in Black Sea Fire Was Denied Port Entry over U.S. Sanctions Risk: Reuters
Jan 23 2019 // Two ships ablaze in the Black Sea region, leaving at least 10 crew dead, caught fire while transferring fuel mid-sea after one vessel was barred from using its usual port in southern Russia due to U.S. sanctions risk, two...
Zurich Policyholder Dispute Highlights Danger of Calling Out Cyber Attackers: Opinion
Jan 11 2019 // The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows that governments should be more careful about identifying the would-be culprits in putative...
UK Insurance Businessman, Pro-Brexit Donor Denies Russian Connection
Nov 5 2018 // Arron Banks, the insurance businessman whose millions of pounds of donations to a pro-Brexit campaign are being investigated by police, denied Russia was involved and said the funds came from his U.K....
Generali Opens Representative Office in Moscow
Nov 1 2018 // Generali opened a representative office of Generali in Moscow on Oct. 31, 2018, which the company said is an important milestone in its expansion in the country. The office was opened by two Generali executives: Luciano...
Hackers with Russian Ties Hit 3 E. European Companies: Cyber Security Firm
Oct 17 2018 // Hackers have infected three energy and transport companies in Ukraine and Poland with sophisticated new malware and may be planning destructive cyber attacks, a software security firm said on Wednesday. A report by...
UK Cyber Security Center Blames Most Attacks on Hostile States
Oct 16 2018 // The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre blamed hostile foreign states for the majority of the 1,167 attacks it has handled in the two years it’s been running, equivalent to 10 assaults a week. In the...
Russia’s Military Has Led Campaign of Cyber Attacks Across Globe, Says UK
Oct 4 2018 // Russia’s military intelligence service has led a campaign of “indiscriminate and reckless cyber attacks targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport,” the U.K.’s National Cyber...
What Comes Next in Facebook’s Major Data Breach
Oct 2 2018 // For users, Facebook’s revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question: What happens next? For the owners of the affected accounts, and of another 40 million...
Allianz Names Schlatmann from Russia’s Sberbank as CEO of European Direct Business
Aug 31 2018 // Allianz announced that it has named Bart Schlatmann as CEO of its European direct business, effective Sept. 1. Schlatmann joins Allianz from Russia’s Sberbank, where he served as chief transformation officer,...
As Arctic Ice Melts, New Energy Shipping Trade Route Opens
Aug 30 2018 // A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest temperatures on record shrink ice caps that used to lock ships out of the area. This year is likely to rank among the...
National Security Agency Chief Forms Task Force to Counter Russian Cyber Threats
Jul 24 2018 // Paul Nakasone, U.S. cyber commander and director of the National Security Agency, confirmed that he’s created a special task force to address Russian threats in cyberspace. Russia has “great capabilities on...
UK Insurance Entrepreneur Banks Denies New Allegation of Links with Russia
Jul 23 2018 // British businessman Arron Banks has denied an allegation made by a former business partner that he approached Russians about investing in his diamond mines, and that the money raised went instead to his campaign to leave...
U.S. Intelligence Warning: Cyber Threats Against U.S. Occurring Daily
Jul 16 2018 // Warning lights about cyber threats to U.S. national security are “blinking red” and the digital attempts to undermine America are occurring daily, not just at election time, the nation’s top intelligence...
Trump Apologizes to UK Prime Minister for ‘Fake News’ Criticisms of Brexit Plan
Jul 14 2018 // President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States and Britain could secure a “great” post-Brexit trade deal, lavishing praise on Prime Minister Theresa May and contradicting his own withering assessment...
Google Claims Google Documents Safe Despite Russian Search Engine’s Warning
Jul 9 2018 // Google said Thursday that its document writing tool Google Documents was secure even as Russian internet users discovered scores of files that appeared to be intended for private use. The Russian internet company Yandex...
Russian Hackers Planning ‘Massive Strike’ Against Ukraine: Cyber Police Chief
Jun 27 2018 // Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create “back doors” for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine’s cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday. The hackers are...
Russian Industrial Plants Turn to State Reinsurer to Take More Risk after U.S. Sanctions
Jun 15 2018 // Dozens of industrial plants in Russia have turned to the state’s reinsurance company for cover after an extension of U.S. sanctions made it difficult to get reinsurance elsewhere, the head of that firm told...
