SolarWinds hack - "It is most consistent with behaviors we've seen out of Russia" per @FireEye's Mandia
Microsoft president blames Russia for cyber-attack of U.S. government tells Senate panel there's "no evidence that leads us anywhere else"
1 week agoTwitter just blocked 100 Russian state-affiliated accounts
Amnesty International rescinds Alexey Navalny’s ‘prisoner of conscience’ status because of past ‘hate speech,’ following rumored ‘campaign’ by individuals tied to Russia Today
Lukashenka and Putin had phone call. Discussed joint tax system, cooperation in military industry, enforcement joint defense systems, informational warfare
Russian forces begin to establish a military base in the town of Al-Tebni, which is under the control of Assad forces, west of Deir Ezzor
1 week agoLast Wednesday, the German ambassador in Moscow was harrassed by a NTV camera crew while visiting human rights organization Memorial. The images were used to accuse him and Memorial of anti-Russian conspiracies
Information about a fire at an oil refinery is being checked in Saratov
Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry says it is keeping the situation with the explosion at the Soyuz gas pipeline under control. And consumers from Western Kazakhstan will still receive gas from the Central Asia - Center pipeline (resources are being redirected now).
Gas transit to Kazakhstan stopped after an explosion on a pipeline in the Orenburg region which damaged 2 pipeline - Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
1 week agoBlaticSea/Kalinigrad USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint ATOLL50; USAF RQ4 Global Hawk TITAN11; USAF KC135R QID812; USAF E-8C Joint STARS ATILA5; US Navy P8 Poseidon AE684E and probably a pair of B-1 Lancers
1 week agoWorking on behalf of Russian Ministry of Defense @mod_russia owned Oboronlogistika (OFAC/SDN @USTreasury listed), Russian flag cargo vessel Pizhma transited Bosphorus towards Mediterranean en route from Novorossiysk to Tartus Syria carrying technical/military cargo. 03:00Z
The explosion occurred on the federal gas pipeline in the Orenburg region, regional authorities report. No casualties
[email protected] welcomed the EU's decision to impose sanctions against Russia under the human rights government in response to actions taken against Aleksey Navalny and his supporters
1 week agoUSAF RQ-4 Global Hawk collecting intelligence on Russian activities in Kaliningrad
Decision of the EU MFA Council to prepare new sanctions against Moscow is disappointing - Russian MFA
The meeting of Alexander Lukashenka and Putin in Sochi is over. The negotiations lasted over 6 hours.
EU foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials deemed responsible for the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexey @Navalny and a crackdown on the opposition
Accompanied by Russian forces the Director of Education visits the city of Tafas, west of Daraa
Speaking on sidelines, @HeikoMaas says @JosepBorrellF will use his right of initiative to propose the Magnitsky sanctions for Navalny sanctions himself
#BomberTaskForce USAF B-1B Lancers have arrived to Norway in support of upcoming BTF missions. They are joining 200 Airmen that deployed earlier this month
European sanctions have included Russian officials linked to the Navalny case
Lukashenka said that 6-7 out of 33 roadmaps for the integration of Belarus and Russia remained, on which the governments continue to work.
1 week agoIn March, Ukraine will train paratroopers near the Crimea - symmetrically with Russia
1 week agoLukashenka-Putin meeting started in Sochi
Saudi Arabia and Russia are heading toward an OPEC+ meeting next week with differing opinions about adding more supply to the market in April
1 week ago3 injured in household gas explosion in Bolakansky village of Rostov region
Expect EU foreign ministers today to agree that sanctions on Russia over Navalny will be enacted & in what type of framework but the measures will be ready later in March, probably just ahead of EUCO
EU foreign ministers are expected to approve fresh sanctions, likely asset freezes and visa bans on Russian individuals and institutions, over the jailing of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny
1 week agoRussia: "The S-400 Triumph long-range anti-aircraft missile system, from the Eastern Military District air defense division, will take up combat duties on Sakhalin Island in the middle of next week"
