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Russian hackers gained access to the emails of the Danish Defense Ministry
Russian hackers have been accessing information in the unprotected email accounts of the employees of Danish Defense Ministry for two years, as stated in a report of the Danish special services, the Danish newspaper Berlingske reported. The emails were hacked in 2015 and 2016.
"This is very controlled. These are not small hacking groups doing it for the fun of it. This is tied to the intelligence services or central elements in the Russian regime," Defense Minister of Denmark Claus Hjort …
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US Department of State calls on Russia to contribute to the investigation of the death of an American OSCE member near Luhansk
The US called on Russia to use its influence in Eastern Ukraine to conduct a complete investigation of the death of an American citizen in the explosion of an OSCE vehicle near Luhansk. The US Department of State published a statement to this effect on their website.
Washington expressed shock at the death of the US citizen who worked as a paramedic in the OSCE Mission to Ukraine.
Aside from that, in the State Department’s report the US calls on Russia to use its influence with the …
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Poroshenko and Tillerson discuss strengthening of US-Ukraine strategic partnership
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Ukrainian president’s press service reports.
The politicians discussed the outcomes of the phone conversation in the Normandy Format on April 18, and the results of the Russian-American negotiations in Moscow on April 12 during Tillerson’s visit. “Matters of strengthening the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the US were discussed, as well as a schedule of bilateral contacts, …
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Russian opposition politician called on the Kremlin to 'fix a political mistake' with the Crimea
The leader of the Russian opposition political party Yabloko, Grigory Yavlinsky, called on the leadership of Russia to "fix the political error" with the Crimea and solve this issue in accordance with all the international legal norms.
Yavlinsky expressed this opinion on his blog. According to him, "the Kremlin persists and does not want to admit that a gross mistake was made [with the Crimea] that has already driven Russia into isolation, turning [Russia] into a target for sanctions."
"Over …
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Media: Of 100 potential terrorists in Germany, every eighth is Russian
According to the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) , of every 100 people in Germany considered as posing a potential threat to public security and subject to deportation, every eighth has Russian citizenship.
Since the beginning of this year, Germany has deported 13 people who posed a potential threat to public security.
According to the publication, there are about 100 such persons in Germany subject to deportation to their countries of origin. More than 30% of them are …