Section: Malaysia
NATO looks to combat Russia’s ‘information weapon’: document
BRUSSELS: NATO may combat Kremlin “weaponisation of information” used to support action such as the 2014 seizure of Crimea by creating a new more powerful communications section and declassifying more sensitive material, according to draft plans. Both NATO and the European Union are concerned by Russia’s ability to use television and the...
Exclusive – Hackers may have wider access to Ukrainian industrial facilities
KIEV (Reuters) – Hackers were able to attack four sections of Ukraine’s power grid with malware late last year because of basic security lapses and they could take down other industrial facilities at any time, a consultant to government investigators said. …read more Source: The...
NATO looks to combat Russia's 'information weapon' – document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO may combat Kremlin “weaponisation of information” used to support action such as the 2014 seizure of Crimea by creating a new more powerful communications section and declassifying more sensitive material, according to draft plans. …read more Source: The...
Putin is ‘picture of corruption’: US Treasury official
LONDON: A senior US Treasury official has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme that aired Monday. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but did not accuse Putin of direct involvement in corruption....
Ukraine deliberately drags feet on Minsk peace deal – Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine is dragging its feet on implementation of the Minsk peace agreement because its wants to keep in place the Western sanctions imposed on Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
US Treasury offical: Putin is ‘picture of corruption’
LONDON: An official of the United States government has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme that airs Monday. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but did not accuse Putin of direct involvement in...
No special status for east Ukraine without ceasefire – president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will not give its eastern regions greater autonomy until a lasting ceasefire with pro-Russian separatist rebels is in place, President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday, in comments that could antagonise the rebels and the Kremlin. …read more Source: The...
40,000 rally against government in ex-Soviet Moldova
CHISINAU: Some 40,000 opposition demonstrators on Sunday took to the streets of Moldova’s capital Chisinau calling for early elections as a political crisis continues to rock the tiny ex-Soviet state. The protest movement — which includes forces from the left and right that are considered both pro-European and pro-Russian — has stepped up...
Iran, China vow tighter ties as Xi visits
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday hailed a ‘new chapter’ in relations with China after talks with President Xi Jinping, who is touring the region to boost Beijing’s economic influence. The Asian giant and the Middle East’s foremost Shiite power aim to build economic ties worth up to US$600 billion within the...
Kerry says effort and good faith could lead to lifting of sanctions on Russia
DAVOS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he believed that, with effort and good faith on both sides, it would be possible to implement the Minsk agreements on Ukraine in coming months to allow for a lifting of sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The...
