A Russian hacker accused of stealing 117 million passwords from online professional networking site LinkedIn has been extradited to the United States, according to officials from the Czech Republican.
Thirty-year-old Yevgeniy Nikulin is accused of breaking into LinkedIn’s computer …
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Russia has announced the expulsion of sixty American diplomats in response to a similar measure announced by the U.S. earlier this week. The Russian Foreign Ministry also announced the closing of the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia.
“US Ambassador …
Continue ReadingThe FBI is in possession of an additional Steele report that casts doubt on the findings of a Washington D.C. Police Department investigation into the mysterious death of a Russian media mogul in 2015.
Mikhail Lesin, the founder of Russia …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration announced that it is expelling sixty Russian diplomats from the U.S. for that government’s alleged role in the poisoning of a Russian ex-patriot living in Britain earlier this month. The announcement is expected to coincide with similar …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump and Chief of Staff John Kelly are furious over a leak of details of a recent phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President, according to briefing materials, was instructed not to congratulate Putin …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump, contrary to advice given to him by his national security advisers, called Russian President Vladimir Putin and congratulated him on his election victory today. Putin won reelection Sunday, ensuring he will remain Russia’s president for the …
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin won reelection yesterday, remaining Russia’s president for at least another six years. The Russian leader has been the head of the country since 1999, serving as either president or prime minister in that time. Putin …
Continue ReadingRussia has expelled twenty-three British diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of twenty-three Russian diplomats by Great Britain, last week over the alleged assassination attempt of a Russian ex-pat living in England since 2010.
“Russia’s response doesn’t change the facts …
Continue ReadingThe U.S. announced new economic sanctions against Russia this morning for their role in meddling in the 2016 presidential election as well as other acts of aggression having to do with cyber-espionage.
“Treasury sanctions Russian cyber actors for interference with …
Continue ReadingU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley blamed Russia for a chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010 and said that U.S. is standing in unity with its long-time ally, Great Britain.
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Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom responded forcefully to a suspected chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010, today. Sixty-six-year-old Sergey Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury, a cathedral …
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister Theresa May says her government has concluded that the substance used to poison a Russian ex-patriot on British soil last week was a nerve agent stockpiled in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, leading her to …
Continue ReadingA 66-year-old former Russian spy and his 33-year-old daughter have been hospitalized with a serious illness in England. Sergey Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, have been hospitalized in Salisbury, a cathedral city in Wilshire, England, about ninety miles southwest of …
Continue ReadingAccording to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer and author of the now famous Steele dossier authored a second memo. That second memo alleges that it was the Russian government that persuaded …
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin painted a chilling picture when during his annual state-of-the-nation speech, he announced the development and deployment of several weapons systems that would render defense systems “useless” against them, he said.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles systems, with …
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A Russian passenger aircraft carrying seventy-one crashed shortly after taking off from Moscow Sunday. The plane was heading to Orsk which is about 1,000 miles southeast of Moscow. According to authorities, no one is believed to have …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration has declined to impose new sanctions against Russia, saying that a bill passed by Congress last year authorizing new sanctions is itself working adequately.
“Given the long time frames generally associated with major defense deals, the …
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