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Navalny: I Tricked Russian Agent Into Spilling the Beans

Anti-Putin activist impersonated FSB official, talked to agent who allegedly poisoned him

(Newser) - Russian activist Alexei Navalny says he engaged in a little clandestine operation of his own and duped a government agent into spilling details about how he ended up poisoned. The BBC reports that Navalny posed as an official with Russia's FSB—formerly known as the KGB—and spoke to...

Russia &#39;Pretty Clearly&#39; Behind Cyberattack, Pompeo Says
Pompeo, Trump Clash
Over Big Cyberattack
updated
Dec 19, 2020 11:26 AM CST

Pompeo, Trump Clash Over Big Cyberattack

The president says it might have been China

(Newser) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was behind the grave cyberattack against the US, per the AP , the first administration official to publicly tie the Kremlin to the widespread intrusion. It's not clear exactly what the hackers were seeking, but experts say it could include nuclear secrets, blueprints...

US Shutters 2 Remaining Consulates in Russia

US Embassy in Moscow will now be the only American diplomatic outpost in Russia

(Newser) - Just days after news broke of a huge monthslong hack against American government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, a breach suspected to have been carried out by Russia, the United States is shuttering its last two consulates there. The US Consulate in Vladivostok will see its doors closed for good,...

Putin Says Agents 'Would've Finished the Job' With Navalny

Russian president blames US for reports implicating FSB

(Newser) - A hit squad employed by Russia's Federal Security Service shadowed Alexei Navalny on numerous trips before poisoning the opposition activist with Russian-made nerve agent Novichok in August, according to a joint investigation by CNN and Bellingcat . This week's reports, based on the agents' mobile phone data and other...

Court: Russian Name, Flag Banned From Next 2 Olympics

Punishment for a 2014 Olympics doping scheme

(Newser) - Russia was banned Thursday from using its name, flag, and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years, per the AP...

Behind Epic Breach of US: a Software Patch
Basic Hackers' Trick May Be
Behind Epic Breach of US
the rundown
Dec 15, 2020 8:01 AM CST

Basic Hackers' Trick May Be Behind Epic Breach of US

Russian operatives allegedly hijacked a software patch to gain entry into sensitive agencies

(Newser) - It's big. The full scope of a cyberattack by suspected Russian operatives on US government agencies is coming into focus, and the sentiment in coverage can be summed up in this quote from a US official to Politico . "This is probably going to be one of the most...

For Putin, It&#39;s Finally Official
For Putin, It's Finally Official
Dec 15, 2020 6:51 AM CST

For Putin, It's Finally Official

Russian president wishes 'every success' to President-elect Joe Biden

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden six weeks after Election Day. Putin offered his congratulations on Tuesday after voting by state electors, which confirmed 306 electoral votes for Biden . The Kremlin said it had waited for "official" results before commenting , though it took only...

Putin May Be Using Duplicate Offices

Russian report says he's fooling the public with identical set-up far from Moscow on Black Sea

(Newser) - He is a former KBG spy, after all. A report out of Russia suggests that Vladimir Putin is pulling a sleight-of-hand on his pandemic working conditions—with a duplicate office at a presidential resort far from Moscow. The allegation emerged in the Russian investigative outlet Proekt and has been picked...

Russia May Have Tried Second Poisoning

Doctor suspected of administering a second dose while Alexei Navalny was in Omsk

(Newser) - When an airline pilot made an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk, an ambulance crew quickly gave Alexei Navalny a poison antidote. The opponent of the Russian government had become ill on the flight. "That atropine saved his life," a British army official said. But the...

'Volga Maniac' Accused of Killing 26 Elderly Women

Russian police say suspect has confessed

(Newser) - Investigators in Russia say they have caught the "Volga maniac," a serial killer who killed dozens of elderly women in 2011 and 2012. Russia's Investigative Committee says Radik Tagirov, a 38-year-old locksmith, was identified from DNA evidence and shoe prints and has confessed to the murders, the...

Russia, US Just Had a Tiff in Disputed Waters

Russia claims it chased off American ship, but the US says that's a lie

(Newser) - The US and Russian navies just had a confrontation in disputed territory, and each side has a very different story to tell. Russia's defense ministry says it chased off the USS John S. McCain when the destroyer ventured into Russian waters in the western Pacific, reports CBS News . Russia...

Not Yet, Putin Says of Congratulating Biden

Russia wants to see 'legitimate, legal' confirmation of the election results

(Newser) - Don't read anything into Russia's reluctance to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin said Sunday. That process is just a formality, the Russian leader said on state TV, Bloomberg reports. But he specified that his recognition does have prerequisites. "We will work with anyone who has the...

US Exits Open Skies Treaty With Russia

And Trump administration is making moves that could make it difficult for Biden to re-enter it

(Newser) - After Sunday, the United States and Russia will have only one major treaty between them, reports Fox News , as the US followed through on its vow six months ago to pull out of the Open Skies treaty over what it blamed on Moscow's repeated violations of the pact. The...

Ex-Green Beret Admits He Spied for Russia

Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins pleads guilty, faces life in prison

(Newser) - The former Green Beret officer accused of spying for Russia is admitting to the crime. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to more than a decade of conspiring with Russian intelligence officers. He confessed to joining the US Army's Special Forces because they persuaded...

&#39;Robot&#39; Building Is Coming Down
'Robot' Building Is Coming Down
Nov 14, 2020 12:00 PM CST

'Robot' Building Is Coming Down

Unused building in Russia is slated for demolition

(Newser) - A hulking, never-occupied building sardonically likened to a robot's head that has loomed over the Russian city of Kaliningrad for decades is to be demolished next year, the region's governor says, per the AP . The 21-story House of Soviets was left unfinished when funding ran out in 1985...

Russia Floats New Theory on Navalny Poisoning

Foreign minister says attack could have happened in Germany or en route

(Newser) - Russia added a twist Thursday to its pushback against suspicions that it poisoned Alexei Navalny. Maybe the opposition leader was poisoned, as Navalny and Germany contend, but not in Russia. "We have all grounds to believe that everything which had happened to him from the point of view of...

Russia: Our Sputnik V Vaccine Works
Russia:
Our Sputnik V
Vaccine Works
Nov 11, 2020 8:38 AM CST

Russia: Our Sputnik V Vaccine Works

Says it shows 92% efficacy against the coronavirus

(Newser) - In a dramatic first among nations , Russia approved its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in August. Two months later, the country is sharing data that it says points to the vaccine's effectiveness. The Wall Street Journal reports interim results from the 40,000-person Phase 3 trial that is underway have...

Russia's 'Sausage King' Meets Grisly Fate

Police say he was murdered with a crossbow while in a sauna

(Newser) - In the 1990s, "grisly and sometimes surreal murders" often showed up in Russia's headlines, notes Reuters . Things have calmed down since, but that label clearly applies in this new case. It seems that a man known as Russia's "sausage king" was murdered with a crossbow while...

Snowden, About to Be a Dad, Makes a Big Move

Whistleblower applies for Russian citizenship

(Newser) - Edward Snowden is due to become a father before the end of the year, a development that just prompted a big announcement from the exiled whistleblower. He's applying for Russian citizenship, reports Reuters . "After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to...

Ship Finds Scary Gas Bubbling From the Deep
Ship Finds Scary Gas
Bubbling From the Deep
scientific find
Nov 1, 2020 3:00 PM CST

Ship Finds Scary Gas Bubbling From the Deep

A scientific team finds methane off the coast of Siberia

(Newser) - Those are methane bubbles—and that's not good news. So said a group of international scientists after analyzing the Siberian coast along the Arctic Ocean, the Weather Channel reports. The 60-member team said the bubbles were mostly dissolving in water, but high methane levels at the surface suggest that...

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