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Ukraine lawmaker sparks scandal by shooting man in leg
KIEV: New Year’s Eve passed off peacefully enough in war-torn Ukraine — until a senior lawmaker shot a man in the leg during a testosterone-charged road rage incident. Ukrainians bored by a relative lack of news over the holiday period have been gripped by accounts of the fight between the man and the senior politician that also involved an...
Senator McCain says US ‘must stand up to Vladimir Putin’
TBILISI: Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday the United States could only improve its relations with Russia by taking a tough stance with President Putin, calling for stronger sanctions against Moscow. On a tour of the Baltic states, Ukraine and Georgia, McCain and other senators assured the former Soviet-dominated countries that the...
Trump aide says U.S. sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. …read more Source: The...
Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year’s Eve on the front line in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone. …read more Source: The...
Report: Russian hackers penetrate Vermont utility system
WASHINGTON: A code connected to Russian hacking efforts has been discovered in a utility system in Vermont, The Washington Post reported. The code detected in the northeastern state’s system did not disrupt its operations, the paper wrote on Friday, citing US officials. The code was associated with the Russian hacking efforts that US...
Russian hackers penetrated US electricity grid – Report
WASHINGTON: A code connected to Russian hacking efforts has been discovered in a utility system in Vermont, which could point to vulnerabilities in the US electrical grid, The Washington Post reported Friday. The code detected in the northeastern state’s system did not disrupt its operations, the paper cited US officials as saying. The code...
Russian hackers penetrated US electricity grid: report
US authorities have not yet pinpointed why Russians targeted the electricity grid after code connected to Russian hacking efforts was found in a utility system in Vermont. AFP File Photo WASHINGTON: A code connected to Russian hacking efforts has been discovered within a utility system in Vermont, which could point to vulnerabilities in the US...
Trump hails ‘very smart’ Putin amid US-Russia hacking row
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for refraining from retaliation in a dispute over cyber attacks, in another sign that the Republican plans to patch up badly frayed relations with Moscow. Putin earlier on Friday said he would not hit back for the US expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies by...
US aims to draw line with Russia over hacking
WASHINGTON: With reprisals against Russia over what it says was meddling in the US presidential election, the Obama administration aims to draw a virtual line in the sand without sparking a war – cyber or otherwise. The measures announced Thursday by President Barack Obama, who accused Moscow of “efforts to harm US interests,” include...
Putin refuses to expel US diplomats, Trump applauds
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out tit-for-tat expulsions of Americans in response to US sanctions over alleged cyberattacks, a move that won plaudits from President-elect Donald Trump. Putin’s decision came despite the foreign ministry asking him to send home 35 US diplomats after President Barack Obama had turfed...
