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News of money previously given to #House Speaker Mike #Johnson's congressional campaign by #Russian nationals has re-emerged after the #Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate.
In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the #Texas-based American Ethane company.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
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Poland-Ukrainian relations hit a low point after a stray #Ukrainian air defense missile fell in #poland killing two, reports Al Jazeera.
#Zelenskyy insisted it was a #Russian missile, alienating Polish officials.
Alexei #Navalny : #Putin critic about to be freed in prisoner swap when he died, says ally
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68401873
Maria Pevchikh said the #Russian opposition leader was going to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian hitman who is serving a life sentence for murder in Germany.
Two US citizens currently held in Russia were also going to be part of the deal, Ms Pevchikh claimed.
She added that negotiations were at their final stage on 15 February.
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#Russian trolls are trying to influence US support for Ukraine.
Leaked #Kremlin documents point to an orchestrated online campaign designed fuel fear over American border policies and push isolationism, The Washington Post reports.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/08/russia-propaganda-us-ukraine/
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A #Russian saboteur group trying to enter #Sumy oblast was pushed back by #Ukrainian border guards.
This is part of a broader exchange of #saboteur incursions on both sides of the border by both countries.
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At 5 a.m. #Russian forces tried to break through #Ukraine defensive line in #Kharkiv region using armored vehicles, the first attempt to invade this area in 2 years.
#Ukrainian troops surged into the area, halting #russia attempted advance, #Zelenskyy said.
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60 miles from #ukraine #Russian forces have begun tactical nuclear weapon drills.
The drills involved training exercises where troops loaded launch vehicles, travelled to launch sites and put hypersonic Kinzhal missiles on planes.
60 miles from Ukraine, Russian forces have begun tactical #nuclear weapon drills.
Good morning to readers, #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
Recent #Russian territorial gains have been made by upgrading #Soviet 'dumb' bombs into precision weapons.
In April they launched 3,200.
With @RyanMcBeth, we do a deep dive into Russia's latest deadly tool: glide bombs.
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#Ukrainian children abducted and taken to #Russian territory are put up on adoption sites with fakes names and documents, with no reference to how they ended up in Russia, an investigation conducted by the #FT finds.
https://www.ft.com/content/2d0013d2-a407-449f-b1e2-3d14fe65188f
#Microsoft Chose Profit Over Security and Left U.S. #Government Vulnerable to Russian Hack, Whistleblower Says
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Former employee says software giant dismissed his concerns about a critical flaw because it feared losing government business.
#Russian hackers later used the weakness to breach the National #Nuclear Security Administration, among others.
#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #SolarWinds #Security #Business
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers
Good morning to readers, #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
A #Russian attack on one of Europe's largest printing houses destroyed 50k books and 40% of Ukr printing capacity.
For Olena Rybka, it represented the heart of Ukrainian culture. Book lovers will find this heartbreaking.
🔥Tenet Media is no more.
The conservative media network folded Thursday night, just one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing it of being 💥funded by Russian state-controlled media, accordingto Tenet Media field reporter Tayler Hansen.
⚠️The indictment accused Tenet and its founders of receiving nearly $10 million from employees of Russia Today as part of ❌“a scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement.
The company’s founders, Canadian #Lauren #Chen and her husband, #Liam #Donovon, have not yet commented publicly on the scandal.
The fallout from the alleged propaganda scheme lost Chen her broadcasting gig with another far-right media group, #Blaze #Media, which has already wiped episodes of her podcast from Spotify and deleted her contributor page from its website.
Blaze Media CEO #Tyler #Cardon told Semafor that the conservative anchor had been “terminated.”
🆘The Russian funds paid for videos by popular far-right personalities, including podcaster Tim Pool and Lauren Southern. Pool has since described himself as a “victim” in the Tenet scandal.
“I have been contacted by the FBI as a potential victim of a crime,” Pool postedon X on Thursday. “The FBI believes I have information relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation and have requested a voluntary interview. I will be offering my assistance in this matter.”
⭐️YouTube also wiped Tenet Media’s content from its platform “after careful review” following the indictment, telling NBC Newsthat its decision to erase the channel and its affiliates was part of “ongoing efforts to combat coordinated influence operations.”
Tenet is just the latest flavor of #Russian-#backed #misinformation campaign that has plagued American politics,
but it is a sign of just how sizable the foreign country’s budget is in 2024 for influencing the November election.
https://newrepublic.com/post/185686/donald-trump-tenet-media-russia-scheme
Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
Mikhail Bulgakov, a 20th Century Kyiv-born #Russian writer, is often called a genius. But nowadays Ukrainians think he talked down their people.
Myroslava and Alessandra from our team discuss if his work should be read today.
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A video from CNN shows an apparent execution by #Russian troops of #Ukrainian surrendered soldiers.
#Ukraine is investigating 28 executions of Ukrainian #pows in which 62 soldiers have died.
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#China has moved from giving chips to directly aiding the #Russian war machine with components for military manufacturing.
In exchange, #Russia has started giving China some of its secret submarine, missile and stealth technologies, Politico reports.
https://www.politico.eu/article/united-states-accuse-china-help-russia-war-kurt-campbell/
Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
#Russia still continues to receive modern #Taiwanese chips to manufacture its deadly weapons.
We visited a forensic lab to find out how chips from Ukraine’s allies are found inside #Russian weapons.