Tag Archives: Russia

SWEDEN — SAPO: “Foreign Powers are trying to influence elections”

Posted on April 6, 2017 by L

“”It is becoming more and more obvious that foreign powers are trying to influence elections around the world. Sweden is not immune. We can note there are influence operations against Sweden and we expect such operations, aimed at next year’s … Continue reading →

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RUSSIA — High Profile Treason Case assigned to Special Services Investigator Mikhail Svinolup

Posted on April 4, 2017 by L

“Mikhail Svinolup is one of the most experienced employees of the FSB Investigations Directorate and one of the most intelligent. He is an interesting interlocutor, despite the fact that we disagree as opponents.” Russian Human Rights Lawyer Ivan Pavlov The … Continue reading →

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Flynngate — The Mysterious Svetlana Lokhova

Posted on April 2, 2017 by L

“Multiple sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the CIA and FBI were discussing this episode, along with many others, as they assessed Flynn’s suitability to serve as national security adviser. The Cambridge meeting was part of a … Continue reading →

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French 2017 Presidential Election — Facebook and Google to tackle ‘fake news’ stories

Posted on March 24, 2017 by L

“For so long, we had resisted having standards about whether something’s newsworthy because we did not consider ourselves a service that was predominantly for the distribution of news. And that was wrong! We have a responsibility here. I think we … Continue reading →

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FRANCE — DGSE: ‘Kremlin Hackers trying to distort the presidential campaign’ [UPDATE March 22 2017]

Posted on March 22, 2017 by L

“Russia is using all of its means to influence public opinion. It is not the same ideology as in the time of the USSR, [but] it is sometimes the same methods, with more technology. Russia has a strategy of influence, … Continue reading →

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NSA Rick Ledgett: ‘Claim that GCHQ carried out surveillance on Donald Trump during the election campaign is arrant nonsense’

Posted on March 19, 2017 by L

“Cyber war is going to look very different – you are going to see massive failures of key infrastructure systems in the countries that are being targeted in a way we have not seen yet.” Richard Ledgett — Deputy Director … Continue reading →

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FRANCE — DGSE: ‘Kremlin Hackers trying to distort the presidential campaign’

Posted on March 18, 2017 by L

“Russia is using all of its means to influence public opinion. It is not the same ideology as in the time of the USSR, [but] it is sometimes the same methods, with more technology. Russia has a strategy of influence, … Continue reading →

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FBI charges FSB spy jailed in Moscow on charges of ‘High Treason’

Posted on March 16, 2017 by L

“The department of justice is continuing to send a powerful message that we will not allow individuals, groups, nation-states, or a combination of them to compromise the privacy of our citizens, the economic interests of our companies or the security … Continue reading →

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UK Boris Johnson: ‘No Evidence Russia trying to disrupt UK democracy’

Posted on March 13, 2017 by L

“We have no evidence that the Russians are actually involved in trying to undermine our democratic processes at the moment.” Foreign Minister Boris Johnson Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — part of the GCHQ spying agency —  has written … Continue reading →

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RUSSIA: FSB to employ the leader of the Shaltay Boltay hacker group

Posted on March 6, 2017 by L

“The [Shaltay Boltay] group is famous for their attacks of email addresses and other means of communication of  persons like Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, News Media CEO Aram Gabrelyanov, former head of Ministry of Defense … Continue reading →

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