“My father, who had once believed in many, many things only to end up distrusting all of them, was leaving me with a unique, definitive faith: That of believing in a fiction that one knows to be a fiction, aware that this is all that exists, and that the exquisite truth consists in knowing that it is a fiction and, nevertheless, one should believe in it.” Emperor in Love
A year before she was murdered, Politkovskaya's email was hacked by Russian intelligence using malicious software not publicly available, according to an NSA document leaked by Snowden to The Intercept. Not only does the document reveal that U.S. ...
Something About This Russia Story Stinks Rolling Stone. Important. Matt Taibbi back on form.
Vladimir #Putin: I am inviting all children of the #USdiplomats in #Russia to the #NewYear‘s and #Christmascelebration in the #Kremlin pic.twitter.com/k49HE8h271
— ГК РФ в Женеве (@RusConsulGen) 30 December 2016
Russia’s response to Obama ‘is frankly the most damaging and embarrassing answer we could receive’ Business Insider
Barack Obama orders expulsions of Russian diplomats, sanctions spies for interference in US election
ABC Online - 13 hours ago
United States President Barack Obama
has announced a coordinated series of punishments against Russia over
hacking allegations, expelling dozens of diplomats and naming
intelligence operatives.
Russia vows revenge on the US
NEWS.com.au - 12 hours ago
Barack Obama
had all but accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of personally
ordering an audacious cyber hack that many Democrats believe damaged
Hillary Clinton's chances in November's closely fought election with
Republican foe Donald Trump.
Moscow orders tit-for-tat response after Barack Obama expels 35 Russian spies over election hacking
Telegraph.co.uk - 26 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's
said on Friday the US would expel 35 Russian diplomats and close down
two diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland in retaliation for
Moscow directing hackers to interfere in the presidential elections. The
announcement ...
Obama hits Russia for election meddling, Kremlin reacts
SBS - 12 hours ago
Making good on a promise to punish Vladimir Putin's government for
allegedly trying to tilt the 2016 election in Donald Trump's favor, Obama unveiled a broad range of steps that will inflame tensions with both Moscow and the president-elect. US ...
Russia to eject US diplomats in response to sanctions: Reports
CNBC - 41 minutes ago
The Obama
administration probably does not care at all about the future of
bilateral relations, but history will hardly forgive it for this
après-nous-le-deluge attitude," she said in an official statement.
Washington sanctioned two Russian ...
President Obama just took unprecedented steps to punish Russia for its cyberattacks
Vox - 11 hours ago
On Thursday, the Obama
administration announced an equally unprecedented effort to punish
Moscow with sanctions for its past hacking — and serve notice that
future meddling will draw an even harsher response. The move, which is
far more sweeping ...
Obama Strikes Back At US Election Hacks By Politely Asking Russian Guys To Leave
Gizmodo Australia - 9 hours ago
Some say revenge is a dish best served cold. When it comes to alleged
electoral interference by Russia, the White House apparently thinks it's
also best served largely symbolically. Photo: AP. On Thursday,
President Obama announced several emblematic ...
Obama's Late Cyber Defense
Wall Street Journal - 10 hours ago
President Obama
promised retaliation against Russia's cyber-meddling in this year's
U.S. elections “at a time and place of our choosing,” and on Thursday he
followed through with an order to expel Russian agents and sanction
Russian intelligence agencies.
Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for US election hacking
The Guardian - 15 hours ago
“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority
for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or
undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our
allies or partners,” Obama said in the ...
Obama imposes sanctions on Russia over election hacking
The Verge - 15 hours ago
“These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have
issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate
response to efforts to harm U.S. interests in violation of established
international norms of behavior,” Obama ...
Russia threatens to throw out US diplomats in retaliation for Barack Obama's sanctions
The Independent - 2 hours ago
In a development that plunged relations between Russia and the US to a level not seen since the Cold War, President Barack Obama on Thursday gave the diplomats 72 hours to leave and said he was sanctioning Russian intelligence officials believed to be ...
Obama retaliates against Russia over election hacking
CNET - 14 hours ago
Obama
had promised action after federal investigators determined Russia had
conducted hacking operations to interfere with the 2016 presidential
election. The attacks included accessing emails from the Democratic
National Committee, Democratic ...
Russian embassy trolls US over Obama's new sanctions with 'lame duck' tweet
Business Insider - 12 hours ago
The Russian embassy in London fired off a snide response on Thursday to President Barack Obama's
expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the US, tweeting that
"everybody," including Americans, will be glad to see the end of his
"hapless" administration.
Obama acts tough against Russia
The Hindu - 6 hours ago
President Barack Obama
on Thursday announced a raft of retaliatory measures against Russia for
its alleged interference in the recent U.S elections. The measures
include new sanctions, expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the U.S
and closure of two ...
UK Russian Embassy trolls President Obama on Twitter, calling him a 'lame duck'
Telegraph.co.uk - 47 minutes ago
After news broke that the US President expelled 35 Russian spies over election hacking, the account tweeted: "President Obama
expels 35 Russian diplomats in Cold War Deja Vu. As everybody,
including the American people people, will be glad to see the ...
Obama issues new sanctions against Russia, ejects 35 Russian diplomats over election-related hacking
Business Insider - 15 hours ago
President Barack Obama
issued new sanctions against Russia on Thursday, calling Russia's
"malicious cyber-enabled activities" a "national emergency" aimed at
undermining democratic processes. He also ordered that 35 Russian
diplomats from the ...
Russia RETALIATES: Vladimir Putin acts against 'shallow brained' Obama after expulsion
Express.co.uk - 2 hours ago
President Putin is preparing to announce how Moscow will counter the
“aggressive” American action while his ministers heap scorn on
"shallow-brained" Barack Obama. One threatened revenge measure - to close the Anglo-American private school in ...
Russia Foreign Minister Suggests Expelling US Diplomats
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
President Barack Obama
hit Russia with a plethora of retaliatory measures Thursday for its
interference in the November presidential election, imposing sanctions
on two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and closing two
Russian compounds inside ...
Obama punishes Russia after election cyberattacks
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Obama
on Thursday ordered two Russian diplomatic compounds shut down and he
expelled 35 Russians as part of a series of measures to punish the
country for alleged interference in the recent presidential ...
Vladimir Putin closes Anglo-American school after President Obama announced sanctions
Daily Mail - 7 hours ago
Vladimir Putin has taken the dramatic step to close an Anglo-American day school in Moscow just hours after President Obama announced tough new sanctions against the country. Putin's government announced on Thursday it was shutting the ...
Russia's foreign ministry proposes expelling 35 US diplomats after Barack Obama expels 35 Russian diplomats
The Independent - 52 minutes ago
“All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions,” Mr Obama
said, claiming the extent of data theft and cyber attacks uncovered
“could only have been directed by the highest levels of the Russian
government”. In addition to expelling the 35 ...
Obama Hits Russia With New Sanctions for Election Hacking
Voice of America - 11 hours ago
President Barack Obama
on Thursday hit Russia with new sanctions over its computer hacking and
interference in the November presidential election and other Russian
actions, including harassing U.S. diplomats in Moscow. Obama called his actions "a ...
Obama announces sanctions for Russian election hacking
TechCrunch - 15 hours ago
The Obama
administration announced today that it will impose sanctions on Russian
intelligence services and officials in response to the hacks of
American political institutions during the election season. The
sanctions cover nine individuals and ...
President Obama Punishes Russia, at Last
New York Times - 9 hours ago
Mr. Obama
also expelled 35 Russian intelligence operatives and barred Russian
diplomats from using two recreational compounds in the United States.
The White House said this action was specifically in response to a
two-year pattern of harassment of ...
After US reprisal, Russian embassy mocks Obama administration, tweets picture of 'lame duck'
Times of India - 5 hours ago
NEW DELHI: After US President Barack Obama today ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies, the Russian Embassy in London mocked Obama's move by tweeting a picture of a duck with the word 'lame' typed across it.
Obama sanctions Russian intelligence agencies over election hacking
VICE News - 15 hours ago
President Obama
on Thursday announced sanctions against Russian intelligence services
in response to their alleged interference in the U.S. presidential
election. The combination of offensive and defensive steps, Obama said in a statement, was a ...
Moscow vows retaliation over sanctions by Obama administration 'losers'
CBC.ca - 7 hours ago
The sanctions could easily be pulled back by Trump, who has dismissed
the claims of Russian interference in the election as "ridiculous" and
insisted that Obama and Democrats are merely attempting to delegitimize his election. Trump said in a statement ...
Obama Orders Sanctions Against Russia for Interfering with US Election
Fortune - 15 hours ago
President Barack Obama
has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in
retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election
by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The State
Department also has ...
Op-Ed: Obama's Russia sanctions are just more political theater
CNBC - 14 hours ago
What effects will the sanctions and diplomatic expulsions President Obama
has just ordered against Russia in retaliation for their alleged
interference in the 2016 election? It depends which playing field you
care most about. Politically, this is ...
President Obama sanctions Russia for hacking
Mashable - 14 hours ago
President Obama
has issued an executive order that levies a multitude of sanctions
against Russia in retaliation for what the president calls, "the Russian
government's aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber
operations aimed at the U.S ...