| 03/24/2018 21:40 | Guccifer 2.0 identified as Russian GRU operative via Moscow IP ( SC Magazine UK )
Guccifer 2.0 apparently forgot to activate a virtual private network during communications, allowing US investigators to identify the hacker as an intelligence agent at Russia's GRU (military intelligence). They were able to peg the hacker from his Moscow IP address, which appeared in a US social media ... |
| 03/24/2018 08:35 | Convoy departs British embassy in Moscow ahead of expulsion deadline ( Reuters )
A Britain's Titan Airways Boeing 757 aircraft is seen at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia March 23, 2018. ... Russia expelled 23 British diplomats last Saturday in a carefully calibrated retaliatory move against London, which has accused the Kremlin of orchestrating a nerve toxin attack on a former ... |
| 03/24/2018 03:35 | 'We speak of chains and sneakers' ( CNN International )
MOSCOW â On the eve of Russia's presidential election, thousands of Muscovites are gyrating in a packed concert hall; hands raised high, heads nodding to the beat. They've come to see hip-hop quartet Kasta, who've hit the stage with an explosive set spanning a 20-plus-year catalogue. They drop ... |
| 03/23/2018 22:30 | From Moscow with Flow: How Rap Became Russia's Most Important Genre ( Noisey )
... with Nikolai* from his apartment in Moscow. Nikolai, who requested that his name be changed for the purposes of this article, studied journalism, works in the music industry, and organises events. Not only is he a rap aficionado â he's also fully-versed in the latest developments of Russian hip-hop. |
| 03/23/2018 15:35 | Government knows DNC hacker was Russian intel officer: report ( The Hill )
The Daily Beast reports that U.S. investigators identified the hacker as a Moscow-based Russian intelligence operative after the hacker failed to activate a virtual private networking ... âIt doesn't seem to be the Russians that hacked the DNC, but instead a hacker who goes by the name of Guccifer 2.0.â. |
| 03/23/2018 04:35 | British cultural council in Moscow closing after 59 years ( Washington Times )
British Council officials Thursday confirmed that they were told to cease operations in Russia, after having operated in Moscow continuously since 1959, in the depths of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. British Council officials said they were âprofoundly disappointedâ at the directive issued by the ... |
| 03/22/2018 23:25 | Sparks fly in Moscow as Russia and Britain trade accusations over spy poisoning ( Yahoo Sports )
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain accused Moscow on Wednesday of running an assassination program to eliminate its enemies, while Russia said Britain may itself have orchestrated the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in England. In remarkable scenes at a ... |
| 03/22/2018 22:35 | From Moscow with Flow: How Rap Became Russia's Most Important Genre ( Noisey )
... with Nikolai* from his apartment in Moscow. Nikolai, who requested that his name be changed for the purposes of this article, studied journalism, works in the music industry, and organizes events. Not only is he a rap aficionadoâhe's also fully-versed in the latest developments of Russian hip-hop. |
| 03/22/2018 21:40 | British Council ceases activity in Russia ( swissinfo.ch )
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The British Council said in a statement on Thursday it has been instructed by the Russian foreign ministry to cease activity in ... The British Council, a state-funded body which promotes British culture overseas, has worked in Moscow continuously since 1959, the statement said. |
| 03/22/2018 18:45 | Russia and Britain trade accusations over spy poisoning ( Cyprus Mail )
Britain accused Moscow on Wednesday of running an assassination programme to eliminate its enemies, while Russia said Britain may itself have orchestrated the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in England. In remarkable scenes at a Russian Foreign ... |
| 03/22/2018 14:30 | Tusk lays bare EU split on Russia with Putin 'reappointment' dig ( Reuters )
Following the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, London on Wednesday accused Moscow of running an assassination programme to eliminate its enemies. Russia denies responsibility and has said Britain may have orchestrated the poisoning itself. |
| 03/22/2018 13:25 | Sparks fly in Moscow as Russia, Britain trade accusations over spy poisoning ( Reuters )
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain accused Moscow on Wednesday of running an assassination programme to eliminate its enemies, while Russia said Britain may itself have orchestrated the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in England. |
| 03/22/2018 04:40 | Russia stuck in stalemate with WADA after doping scandal ( Boston 25 News )
Russia has refused to formally accept the findings of WADA-appointed investigator Richard McLaren, who detailed the doping program and state-orchestrated cover-ups, nor allow access to potentially tainted samples stored in the Moscow laboratory central to the conspiracy. At an annual conference for ... |
| 03/22/2018 00:50 | Sparks fly in Moscow as Russia, Britain trade accusations over spy poisoning ( swissinfo.ch )
Sparks fly in Moscow as Russia, Britain trade accusations over spy poisoning ... MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain accused Moscow on Wednesday of running an assassination programme to eliminate its enemies, while Russia said Britain may itself have orchestrated the poisoning of former Russian double ... |
| 03/21/2018 20:25 | US Says Russia Deployment Of 'Banned' Cruise Missile Increasing ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
WASHINGTON -- The commander of U.S. nuclear forces says that Russia has increased its deployment of cruise missiles that Washington asserts are in violation of a key Cold War arms-control treaty, a signal that Moscow continues to be undeterred by U.S. warnings. The comments on March 20 by ... |
| 03/21/2018 19:25 | Russia ignore four WADA requests for joint analysis of Moscow Laboratory data ( Insidethegames.biz (blog) )
Access to the Moscow Laboratory is one of two as-of-yet unfulfilled criteria necessary for the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to be declared re-compliant. The other concerns the acceptance of the findings of the McLaren Report, which says that an institutional doping scheme was in operation at ... |
| 03/21/2018 06:35 | Exclusive: Russia Secretly Helped Venezuela Launch a Cryptocurrency to Evade US Sanctions ( TIME )
That may be why the Russians involved in this operation have been keen to remain in the shadows, in part through a clumsy online campaign to obscure their role in the project. But a TIME investigation has found Moscow's fingerprints all over the creation of the petro, a scheme that reveals the range of ... |
| 03/21/2018 06:35 | Russia grounds planes similar to the one that crashed ( Fox News )
Russia grounds planes similar to the one that crashed ... MOSCOW â A Russian aviation agency has ordered the operator of a plane that crashed near Moscow last month to ground four other such aircraft in its fleet. ... The twin-engine plane crashed minutes after taking off from a Moscow airport. |
| 03/20/2018 04:45 | Putin cruises to victory in Russia, tells supporters: 'Success awaits us' (U.S. News & World Report)
Putin Gains Massive Mandate for His Nationalist Policies - U.S. News & World Report |
| 03/20/2018 02:35 | Voter turnout key for Kremlin as Russia heads to polls ( euronews )
A number of Russian celebrities promoted the idea on their social media channels, accompanied by the hashtag #votewhereyouare. Outside some polling stations in Moscow, voters were treated to a bowl of steaming buckwheat, with Soviet-era music blasting in the background. Most voters were also ... |
