by Jim Heath | Jun 4, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Less than two weeks from a first face-to-face with President Biden in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin today criticized the U.S. prosecution of rioters who took part in the January attack on the Capitol. The comments are likely to add to the pessimism in both...
by Jim Heath | May 31, 2021 | Entertainment, Headlines, Putin
Actor and martial artist Steven Seagal, who has long been an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has joined a pro-Kremlin party. The Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth announced in a video on Saturday that Seagal, 69, who has held Russian...
by Jim Heath | Feb 28, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who survived a chemical poisoning last year that he called a Kremlin attempt to kill him, has begun serving his two-and-a-half-year sentence at a notorious penal camp. Navalny, who was removed from his Moscow jail cell...
by Jim Heath | Jan 31, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin
Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 5,100 people were...
by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | Cyber Security, Headlines, Putin
The U.S. intelligence community stated today that Russia is behind a major and ongoing series of cyberhacks of federal government agencies — its first official indication of blame. WAPO: The statement, issued jointly by four agencies in a special task force, counters...
by Jim Heath | Dec 18, 2020 | Cyber Security, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
A massive suspected Russian hacking campaign that compromised broad swathes of the federal government and private sector is being called a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ by members of both political parties. The sprawling attack, which went undetected for nearly...
