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LIVE UPDATES: Last February, Russian hackers penetrated a Russian regional bank and were able to move the ruble-dollar conversion rate more than 15% in 15 minutes, according to Group-IB, a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm hired to investigate the attack Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including […]

Evidently following the lessons learned from opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s expose of Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and his sons, the Communist faction of the Russian parliament want to ban relatives of officials from running businesses. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s […]

Bloomberg News reports a major probe by Deutsche Bank into $6 billion in Russian transactions that may involve money-laundering. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. UPDATES BELOW Russia This Week: – Is […]