All the headlines from our Russia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2021 // The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration...
Jan 11 2021 // The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday.Investigators at...
Dec 30 2020 // Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas into Germany.Construction of the 1,230-kilometer (764-mile)...
Dec 29 2020 // MOSCOW – Cyber attacks have cost Russian companies and citizens up to 3.6 trillion roubles ($49 billion) this year, the country’s largest lender Sberbank said.Russia has encouraged its citizens to switch to bank...
Dec 21 2020 // The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it “virtually a declaration of war” and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio saying...
Dec 15 2020 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was directed by the Russian government.Emails sent by...
Nov 13 2020 // A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign against CNN over a 2019 opinion piece which it said suggested the campaign would be open to Russian...
Nov 12 2020 // The U.S. is drawing up additional sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, the latest obstacle in the path of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) Russia-to-Germany link that’s been halted almost...
Nov 9 2020 // Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.The following is what we...
Nov 2 2020 // A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple at least ten more, according to the cyber-security firm Prevailion Inc.Prevailion’s...
Oct 20 2020 // Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks after Britain and the United States accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to disrupt the...
Oct 5 2020 // Last week, a producer in one of my classes was distracted beyond belief — fidgeting with his mobile device, sending emails, and texting. As happens to most of us when we’re nervous, his leg was shaking like a...
Oct 2 2020 // Russia-based hackers are responsible for the majority of nation-state attacks on Microsoft customers, according to new data from company.Microsoft Corp. has issued 13,000 alerts about nation-state hacking attempts to its...
Sep 23 2020 // The world’s largest group of shipping insurers will not insure vessels involved in the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream gas pipeline projects because of the threat of U.S. sanctions.Associations belonging to...
Sep 23 2020 // Russia is so confident in its COVID-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the...
Jul 31 2020 // Taking a firm geopolitical stand, the European Union imposed sanctions on targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China and North Korea in a sign that it was tackling cyber warfare head on.As part of the measures,...
Jul 21 2020 // Rulon Gardner is living a quiet life, just the way he likes it.He is 48 now, sells insurance and has a second job coaching wrestling at a Salt Lake City-area high school. It’s been 20 years since Gardner, a...
Jul 17 2020 // U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned investors in two Russian natural gas pipeline projects that they could face sanctions as the Trump administration seeks to curb the Kremlin’s economic leverage...
Jul 14 2020 // President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring companies involved in oil production or handling other hydrocarbons to have adequate resources for a contingency plan in the case of a spill.The law makes it...
Jul 13 2020 // Pressure is mounting on Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel over an Arctic oil spill that has wiped about 17% off its share price, left it with a hefty compensation bill and exposed it to accusations of covering up the...