Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Leaks show US commerce chief, UK queen’s offshore investments
WASHINGTON: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s investments in tax havens. It was also revealed that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top...
Who are Paul Manafort and Rick Gates?
WASHINGTON: Paul Manafort, a businessman and longtime Republican Party operative, surrendered on Monday to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to face the first charges produced by a special counsel investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were indicted by a federal...
Trump ex-campaign Manafort charged with conspiracy
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged Monday with conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, in the first indictment stemming from a sprawling probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort, 68, and business partner Rick Gates, 45, were charged with...
Researchers: NotPetya hackers likely behind BadRabbit attack
MOSCOW: Technical indicators suggest a cyber attack which hit Russia and other countries this week was carried out by hackers behind a similar but bigger assault on Ukraine in June, security researchers who analyzed the two campaigns said on Wednesday. Russia-based cyber firm Group-IB said the BadRabbit virus used in this week’s attack...
New wave of cyber attacks hits Russia, other nations
KIEV/MOSCOW: Cyber attacks using malware called “BadRabbit” hit Russia and other nations on Tuesday, affecting Russian Interfax news agency and causing flight delays at Ukraine’s Odessa airport. While no major outages were reported, the US government issued a warning on the attack, which followed campaigns in May and June that used similar...
Foreigner killed in car explosion in central Kiev, police say
KIEV: A Georgian man was killed and a woman was injured in a car explosion in the center of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, in Friday evening’s rush hour, police said. Artem Shevchenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s interior ministry, said the police had launched investigation into the killing. “An unidentified explosive device exploded...
FBI raided former Trump campaign manager’s home in Russia probe
WASHINGTON: A July FBI raid on the Virginia home of President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, confirmed on Wednesday, showed that a federal investigation of possible ties between Trump’s campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 US election was intensifying. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents executed a search warrant at...
Indonesia to barter palm oil, coffee for Russian fighter jets
JAKARTA: Indonesia said Tuesday it would trade palm oil, coffee and tea for Russian fighter jets, saying it wanted to capitalise on international sanctions on Moscow as Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was due to arrive for a visit. Indonesia and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange 11 Russian-made Sukhoi fighters for key...
Two Pussy Riot members detained over protest in Siberian city
MOSCOW: Russian police on Monday detained two members of Pussy Riot after they staged a protest in support of a jailed Ukrainian filmmaker in a Siberian city. Maria Alyokhina, one of the punk rock group’s members previously jailed for a protest against President Vladimir Putin, wrote on Twitter that she and Olga Borisova were being held in...
US needs to cut 755 diplomatic staff in Russia, says Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said the United States would have to cut 755 diplomatic staff in Russia and warned of a prolonged gridlock in its ties after the US Congress backed new sanctions against the Kremlin. Putin added bluntly that Russia was able to raise the stakes with America even further, although he hoped this would be...
