Energy market: New oil sanctions against Russia apply

Since this Sunday, the EU and the G7 have again intervened in the world market with new punitive measures against Russia. The aim is to slow down Russia's war machine. Oil products from Russia may no longer be imported into the European Union from this Sunday. The import restriction is based on a sanctions regulation passed by … Continue reading Energy market: New oil sanctions against Russia apply →

“The Russian method is a steamroller”, asserts a French general

The Cyber Defense Command closely followed the battle in cyberspace and the information field between Russia and Ukraine. The army finds that the hackers in Moscow have so far failed to destabilize a solid Ukrainian computer system. “The Russian approach is a steamroller. It wants to sow doubt among the populations by constantly watering them with information,” … Continue reading “The Russian method is a steamroller”, asserts a French general →

How Russians and Chinese worked together on propaganda scenarios

A leaked email from a Russian media giant reveals partnerships between the Russian and Chinese governments to jointly broadcast political content. The leak had gone almost unnoticed. The American investigative media The Intercept recovered hacked emails from the Russian audiovisual group VGTRK and details their content in an article published on December 30, 2022. We discover many exchanges … Continue reading How Russians and Chinese worked together on propaganda scenarios →

Bitkom: Distrust of Russian and Chinese IT providers has grown

The values were never good, but the trust values for handling personal data are now devastating for Russian and Chinese IT companies. Confidence in IT companies with headquarters in Russia and China and in their handling of personal data has fallen rapidly among German users compared to 2021. This is the result of a representative survey … Continue reading Bitkom: Distrust of Russian and Chinese IT providers has grown →

RIPE meetings: IP addresses as spoils of war

The war in Ukraine also affects the Internet administration. IP address managers report problems and fear that addresses will become spoils of war. The war in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia are also issues at the 85th meeting of the Réseaux IP Européens Network (RIPE), for which the European IP address managers are currently convening … Continue reading RIPE meetings: IP addresses as spoils of war →

Russia warns it could fire missiles against Western civilian satellites

After threats to the ISS, Russia is now intimidating Western commercial satellite operators. Their support for Ukraine could make them legitimate military targets. After the questionable threats to the International Space Station (ISS), it is now the turn of Western commercial satellites to suffer intimidation from the Russian authorities. In question? The role certain devices play in the unfolding of the … Continue reading Russia warns it could fire missiles against Western civilian satellites →

“Extremely dangerous trend”: Russia threatens Starlink over aid to Ukraine

At the United Nations, Russia has once again sharply criticized the West's handling of civilian infrastructure in space in favor of Ukraine. (Image: Anton Chernigovskii/Shutterstock.com) Russia has renewed its threat against Starlink and commercial satellites, which are also being used to support Ukraine against Russia's war of aggression. The use of civilian infrastructure in space for … Continue reading “Extremely dangerous trend”: Russia threatens Starlink over aid to Ukraine →

China sells partially defective chips to Russia

Some Chinese suppliers are said to sell junk chips to Russia and thus circumvent embargoes. The global response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in the form of embargoes has largely cut off the country from supplies covered by the relevant sales bans. Accordingly, Russia can no longer simply order new processors from Intel or … Continue reading China sells partially defective chips to Russia →

700 gigabytes leaked: Russian internet surveillance by Roskomnadzor exposed

Data from a regional office of the "media regulator" Roskomnadzor reveal how far online surveillance in Russia goes - and how much manual work it is. (Image: New York Times) The Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor has developed into an extension of the domestic secret service FSB and controls the Internet meticulously by hand. This is suggested … Continue reading 700 gigabytes leaked: Russian internet surveillance by Roskomnadzor exposed →

Cross-border payments in cryptocurrencies: Russia agrees on a draft law

Within the framework of a financial forum, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Russia informed that they had reached an agreement on a draft law concerning cross-border payments in cryptocurrencies. At the same time, these same actors agreed that mining activities should be regulated. Russia opens up to cross-border cryptocurrency payments As discussed earlier … Continue reading Cross-border payments in cryptocurrencies: Russia agrees on a draft law →