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    Exclusive: Russia Secretly Helped Venezuela Launch a Cryptocurrency to Evade U.S. Sanctions
    Mar20

    Exclusive: Russia Secretly Helped Venezuela Launch a Cryptocurrency to Evade U.S. Sanctions

    President Donald Trump may not have realized on Monday that his executive order would step on Russia’s toes. Its official target was Venezuela, specifically the country’s plan to create the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, which went on sale Tuesday. But behind the scenes, the petro was in fact a...

    Facebook may have broken state and federal law in Cambridge Analytica data share
    Mar20

    Facebook may have broken state and federal law in Cambridge Analytica data share

    The Federal Trade Commission and several state attorneys general have begun probing whether Facebook violated any federal regulations or state privacy laws in their dealings with the campaign consultant group Cambridge Analytica, which Donald Trump’s presidential campaign paid $5.9 million during the 2016 race. Facebook faces potential...

    Election Day in Pro-Russia Crimea
    Mar20

    Election Day in Pro-Russia Crimea

    Joshua Yaffa reports from Election Day in Crimea, a recently annexed Russian territory where support for President Vladimir Putin remains despite crackdowns on free speech. …read more Source: The New...

    The Latest: Trump calls Putin on re-election victory
    Mar20

    The Latest: Trump calls Putin on re-election victory

    MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s re-election (all times local): 6:45 p.m. The Kremlin says U.S. President Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on re-election. The Kremlin said in a statement that the two presidents also spoke Tuesday about the need to coordinate efforts...

    The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal
    Mar20

    The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal

    Internet paranoiacs drawn to Bitcoin have long indulged fantasies of American spies subverting the booming, controversial digital currency. Increasingly popular among get-rich-quick speculators, Bitcoin started out as a high-minded project to make financial transactions public and mathematically verifiable — while also offering discretion....

    ‘Astonishing’ Facebook Intervention Could Have Compromised Cambridge Analytica Evidence, Says U.K.
    Mar20

    ‘Astonishing’ Facebook Intervention Could Have Compromised Cambridge Analytica Evidence, Says U.K.

    Facebook has been plunged into crisis over the allegations that Cambridge Analytica misused data from more than 50 million people to help elect Donald Trump. Nearly $40 billion was wiped off Facebook’s market value Monday, an emergency at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...

    The U.K. government is going after Cambridge Analytica’s data
    Mar20

    The U.K. government is going after Cambridge Analytica’s data

    The U.K.’s data chief is seeking an urgent warrant to access the computers and servers of Cambridge Analytica, according to reports Tuesday. The news came hours after Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.’s Information Commissioner, ordered Facebook to stand down its own probe into the company over fears data may be deleted. Denham is seeking a...

    The Daily Vertical: Meet The New Tsar, Same As The Old Tsar
    Mar20

    The Daily Vertical: Meet The New Tsar, Same As The Old Tsar

    The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Insider: Putin Doesn’t See Possibility of Diplomatic Reset
    Mar20

    Insider: Putin Doesn’t See Possibility of Diplomatic Reset

    Two days before President George W. Bush gave the go-ahead for the U.S.-led invasion of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq — a ‘shock and awe’ assault that would topple the Iraqi autocrat — U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice called the Kremlin. Russian government officials raised objections, offering eleventh-hour arguments against the...

    Undercover video reveals shocking political plots from Trump campaign data firm
    Mar20

    Undercover video reveals shocking political plots from Trump campaign data firm

    A report from Channel 4 News includes undercover video showing officers of Cambridge Analytica, a data firm used by the Trump campaign, talking about dirty political tricks they orchestrate on behalf of their clients. Here’s what the undercover video showed Channel Four investigators sent what appeared to be a political agent from Sri Lanka...