Latest Russia Headlines

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A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

Aug 5 2024 // A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little-known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else.Samir Madani, co-founder of...

Russian Commodities Aren’t Safe in Red Sea as Houthis Attack

Jul 26 2024 // Yemen’s Houthi militants have attacked more merchant ships hauling Russian commodities than products from anywhere else in the world, highlighting the limits of safe-passage assurances that the rebels gave Moscow...

Oil Tanker Insurance Payouts at Risk After UK’s Russia Sanctions

Jul 23 2024 // Transfers of oil at sea that involve a recently sanctioned Russian insurer may prevent western firms from paying claims if something goes wrong, a key provider of cover said.Moscow-based Ingosstrakh PJSC has emerged of a...

Two Russian Men Plead Guilty in LockBit Ransomware Attacks

Jul 22 2024 // Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the US, Asia, Europe and Africa for a notorious hacking gang known as LockBit.Ruslan Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev admitted they helped to...

SolarWinds Beats Most of SEC Lawsuit Over Russia-Linked Cyberattack

Jul 19 2024 // A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack...

Russian Cybersecurity Firm Kaspersky Labs to Wind Down US Operations

Jul 18 2024 // Kaspersky Labs will gradually wind down its U.S. operations from July 20, the Russian anti-virus software maker said on Monday, nearly a month after the Biden administration announced plans to bar sales of the company in...

Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

Jul 17 2024 // Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A supertanker giving a false location.Welcome to the modern trade in Russian petroleum as...

UK, EU States to Target Russia’s Shadow Oil Fleet With More Checks

Jul 15 2024 // The UK plans to launch a “call to action” this week with a group of European nations to target the so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers that Russia uses to skirt international sanctions, according to people...

Russian Court Orders Volkswagen to Pay $193M in Damages to Russian Carmaker

Jul 9 2024 // A Russian court has ordered Volkswagen to pay 16.9 billion roubles ($193 million) in damages to Russian carmaker GAZ Group, which had sued the German automaker over lost profits after Volkswagen exited the Russian...

Microsoft Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack

Jul 1 2024 // Microsoft Corp. has told more than a dozen state agencies and public universities in Texas that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed emails between them and the software giant.The attackers were able to gain access to...

Here Are the Legal Battle Lines in Ireland’s Multi-Billion Euro Russian Jet Trial

Jun 28 2024 // The opening salvos have been fired in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion), Irish court battle between some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and their insurers over around 80 jets stranded in...

After Oil, Russia May Be Building a Shadow Fleet for Gas

Jun 28 2024 // In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to...

EU Adds 27 Russian Vessels to List of Entities Under Sanctions

Jun 25 2024 // The European Union will add 27 vessels, including oil and liquefied natural gas tankers, to its list of entities under sanctions as part of its latest measures against Russia, two sources familiar with the matter said on...

Probe of Russian Hack on London Hospitals May Take Weeks; Data-Dump Worries Grow

Jun 24 2024 // An investigation into a ransomware attack earlier this month on London hospitals by the Russian group Qilin could take weeks to complete, the country’s state-run National Health Service said Friday, as concerns grow...

Biden Bans US Sales of Kaspersky Software Over Russia Ties

Jun 21 2024 // The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying that Russia’s...

Details of Aviation Lessor Settlements With Russia Over Trapped Planes

Jun 21 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have struck settlements with Russia totalling around $2.7 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.In return,...

Top Shipping Flag Cuts Approval for Sanctioned Russian Insurer

Jun 18 2024 // The world’s largest shipping register withdrew its approval for Russia’s Ingosstrakh Insurance Co. to provide a key document enabling ships to enter ports.The Liberian Register — under whose flag 16% of the...

Denmark Seeks to Limit Shadow Tanker Fleet Carrying Russian Oil

Jun 17 2024 // Denmark is considering ways to stop a so-called shadow fleet of tankers from carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, the Nordic country said on Monday, triggering a sharp response from Moscow’s diplomats who...

Russia’s Ingosstrakh Weighs Legal Action After UK Sanctions

Jun 17 2024 // Russia’s Ingosstrakh said on Friday it may challenge UK sanctions in court and was seeking clarification about the measures imposed on the country’s leading insurer that the British government announced on...

UK Puts First Sanctions on Russia’s Shadow-Fleet Oil Tankers

Jun 13 2024 // The UK announced wide-ranging sanctions on Russia, including a first attempt to clamp down on a shadow-fleet of tankers transporting the Kremlin’s oil and a key Moscow-based insurance company.The measures target four...