• Media: Russian mafia carried out cyber-attacks in Sweden

    Swedish media recently released a report about hackers who sent millions of e-mails with viruses over several years. Presumably, cyber-criminals are associated with organized crime in Russia.

    The viruses were disguised as letters from Telia Sverige, a communications company and Postnord postal service. The recipient would be asked to verify the account or perform other operations. After the user clicked the link, the unknowns demanded money to unlock the computer, from 400 kronor to six …

  • Khrushchev’s son: Russia is no match to the power of the US

    The son of the former General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, Sergei Khrushchev, said that neither the Soviet Union nor modern Russia can match the power of the US, as reported by the Las Vegas Sun.

    A Doctor of Technical Sciences, Sergei Khrushchev delivered a lecture at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas.

    As a scientist who has lived in the United States since the 1990s, he briefly outlined the history of …

  • Netherlands forms ruling coalition consisting of anti-Russian parties

    The formation of a coalition government was completed in the Netherlands on October 26. This process, which took over seven months, had become the longest in the history of the country. According to observers, the country's new government may act against Russia's interests.

    The ruling coalition included the party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), as well as right-wing liberals, the centrist Democrats D66 party, and two Christian parties - the …

  • Hungary blocked the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission

    The meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, which was to be held in December, was blocked by Hungary, as stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijjártó, Ukrainski Novyny reported.

    "Hungary cannot support Ukraine's integration aspirations, so it vetoed the convening of a NATO-Ukraine commission in December," Szijjártó said.

    He stated that he cannot agree with the situation when the Ukrainian law on education infringes on the rights of national minorities.

    In addition, …

  • Russia expands its anti-Western sanctions

    Russia has banned the importation of live pigs and cattle by-products from the European Union, the United States, Canada and several other countries, as stated in a decree by the Russian government.

    The ban will be valid until December 31, 2018 for the countries of the European Union, the USA, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

    "The imposed restrictions on the import of goods will not affect the domestic needs of Russia," the resolution says. …