All news on the topic: Russia

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China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says
China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.
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New twist in case of US soldier ‘arrested after girlfriend lured him to Russia’
The wife of a US soldier arrested in Russia said his girlfriend ‘stabbed’ him while on a surprise video call with his six-year-old daughter.
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UK’s Cameron pitched radical Ukraine peace deal to Trump
Report provoked a flurry of questions for the British government Monday afternoon.
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Three men accused of aiding Hong Kong intelligence service appear in London court
Three men have been charged under the National Security Act with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference.
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Putin to remove Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence minister
Vladimir Putin has raised eyebrows after suddenly firing his longtime friend, Sergei Shoigu, as defence minister.
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Kremlin botnet launches wave of disinformation claiming Havana Syndrome doesn’t exist
The Doppelgänger bot network has begun spreading Moscow’s response to The Insider’s joint investigation with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel into Havana Syndrome.
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How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions
Centralizing the policing of sanctions could serve as a model for other EU countries.
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US charges LockBit ransomware mastermind and offers $10 million reward
The United States sanctioned and charged a Russian national on Tuesday for operating the world’s most prolific and harmful ransomware group, LockBit, which is believed to have extorted half a billion dollars from victims around the globe.
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Austrian mystery villas linked to former romantic partner of sanctioned Russian oligarch Eduard Khudainatov
Four luxurious properties were purchased by Khudainatov’s longtime partner for a total of 26 million euros.
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UK expels Russian defence attache over allegations of espionage for the Kremlin
The UK will expel the Russian defence attache for spying for the Kremlin, the Home Secretary has said.
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Russian oil still seeping into UK - the reasons why sanctions are not working
Sky’s economics & data editor explains how Russia’s oil and gas has found its way to new buyers since the invasion of Ukraine, leaving huge question marks over the effectiveness of sanctions to date.
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Alarming map depicts regions of Britain at risk of devastation in a hypothetical Russian nuclear strike
A shocking map has shown the devastating impact a nuclear attack could have across the UK - with millions dead, third-degree burns and cities completely destroyed
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Putin’s Black Sea palace revamped: striptease hall and casino replaced with a chapel
Vladimir Putin’s palace in the Russian resort town of Gelendzhik had been renovated as of the spring of 2023
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Russia warns Britain it could strike back after Cameron remark on Ukraine
Russia warned Britain on Monday that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and equipment both inside Ukraine and elsewhere.
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Children cling to life as safety bar detaches from fairground ride
This the moment children hung on for their lives after a safety bar on a fairground ride came loose.
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North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians
On 2 January, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Krystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into a building in the city of Kharkiv.
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British traitor fighting for Russia recruits other Brits to join Putin’s war against Ukraine
Former British convict and drug addict Aiden Minnis has been trying to lure others on social media to join him in Russia writing ’if you want to join the Russian Federation Armed Forces, get at me’
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Russia places Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list
Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
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The Czech illegals: Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
GRU Unit 29155, Russia’s assassination and sabotage squad, blew up ammunition warehouses in Czechia. It had help from Elena and Nikolai Šapošnikov, a family of deep-cover spies working as arms dealers.
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Ukraine eliminates 100 Russian troops with missile secretly supplied by US
Ukraine killed more than 100 of Putin’s troops in a ballistic missile strike in what could be the largest loss of Russian troops in months.
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Germany summons Russian envoy regarding cyber-attacks in 2023
Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector
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Worth their weight in tantalum: indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China
Tantalum capacitors are irreplaceable electronic elements that can be found in all sorts of devices — including the Korsar and Shahed drones Russia uses against Ukraine.
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Russia displays Western military equipment seized during Ukraine conflict
I’m in Victory Park, Moscow’s giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. A new open-air exhibition has just opened.
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Georgian protesters against ’foreign agents’ bill faced teargas and stun grenades
Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass
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Major airline cancels flights to European city over Russian ‘GPS hacking’
Two commercial flights in central Europe were forced to turn around after suspected navigational jamming from Russia.