Defence secretary says ‘support is for short-range and clearly defensive weapon capabilities’Britain is supplying Ukraine with new light anti-tank weapons “in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour from Russia”, the defence secretary has annou…
Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backerThe Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr has told a court she believes the multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks may have been …
Russia says it has neutralized the cutthroat REvil ransomware gang
“Big-game hunter” REvil has menaced the world for 3 years with massive attacks.
Russia’s FSB ‘shuts down’ notorious REvil ransomware gang
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Friday that it has raided and shut down the operations of the notorious REvil ransomware gang. The unprecedented move — which will undoubtedly send a message to other ransomware groups operating out of the country — saw the Russian authorities conduct raids at 25 addresses across the […]
Kazakhstan protests: president appeals to Moscow-led security bloc
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…
Top EU diplomat offers full support to Ukraine on visit to conflict frontline
Josep Borrell warns ‘severe costs’ would follow any aggression against Kyiv by Russian-backed separatists The European Union’s top diplomat has pledged “full support” to Ukraine on a visit to the frontline of the country’s war with Moscow-backed separa…
Biden to speak with Putin amid Russia’s increased presence near Ukraine
Two leaders will discuss a range of topics, including ‘upcoming diplomatic engagements in Russia’Joe Biden will speak on Thursday with Vladimir Putin regarding the Russian leader’s increased security demands in eastern Europe.The two leaders will discu…
日本の漫画・アニメから見た「ソ連崩壊」 「謎めいた悪役」扱いの過去も…30年でイメージ激変
冷戦時代からソ連と東側諸国は、西側文化の中でも様々な描かれ方をしてきた。小学館「ゲッサン」で連載中のマンガ「国境のエミーリャ」（池田邦彦さん作、津久田重吾さん監修協力は第二次大戦後に東西に分割された架空の日本を舞台とする。ベルリンにように壁で分割された東京の東側で、西側への亡命を助ける脱出請負人…
Ukraine: Russian consulate in Lviv hit by molotov cocktail
Incident described by Moscow as terrorism and Ukrainian officials as hooliganism comes as tensions soarThe Russian foreign ministry said on Friday that a molotov cocktail had been thrown at the the country’s consulate in the Ukrainian city of Lviv and …
Nord Stream 2: how Putin’s pipeline paralysed the west
Gazprom’s $11bn project to deliver gas from Russia to Germany seems impossible to abandon and impossible to carry forwardThe saga of Nord Stream 2, the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany running along the Baltic seabed, has been stuck so long it h…