Hacker News with Generative AI: Russia

Influence by Design: How Meta Accepted Russian Payments Despite Sanctions (checkfirst.network)
Titled Influence by Design: Doppelgänger, Sanctions, Meta, and the Social Design Agency (SDA), the report sheds light on how Meta’s advertising infrastructure was used to run over 8,000 political ads aligned with Russian interests, even after international sanctions targeted the responsible entity: the Social Design Agency (SDA). This highlights Meta’s shortcomings at moderating paid-for content.

Social Media, Political Advertising, Sanctions, Russia, Information Warfare

5 points by amaury 14 hours ago | 0 comments

Russia's largest platform for state procurement hit by cyberattack (therecord.media)
Russia’s main electronic trading platform for government and corporate procurement confirmed on Monday that it had been targeted by a cyberattack after initially claiming that outages were caused by “maintenance work.”

Cybersecurity, Russia, Government, Business, Procurement

8 points by doener 2 days ago | 0 comments

Vladimir Putin 'considering freezing Russian bank accounts' and 'food cards' (msn.com)

Politics, Russia, Economy

5 points by this_weekend 3 days ago | 3 comments

Russia is being set aflame by arson attacks (economist.com)

Russia, Arson, Politics, International Relations

14 points by DyslexicAtheist 4 days ago | 8 comments

"Project Russia," Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin's Playbook (washingtonspectator.org)
Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed program of spiritual warfare against Western democracies culminating in “controlled global collapse” and the establishment of a “supranational” state headed by a Prince-Monk who “best understands the world.” The plan described is ultimately a program for subjugating the world, which would also be united together in a single religion.

Politics, Russia, International Relations, Conspiracy Theories, Religion

41 points by api 5 days ago | 34 comments

Russia's Hidden War Debt (navigatingrussia.substack.com)
Moscow has been stealthily pursuing a dual-track strategy to fund its mounting war costs. One track consists of the highly scrutinized defense budget, which analysts have routinely deemed “surprisingly resilient.” The second track—largely overlooked until now—consists of a low-profile, off-budget financing scheme that appears equal in size to the defense budget.

Russia, War, Finance, Economics

81 points by JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | 120 comments

Germany battles to secure 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker adrift (theguardian.com)
Germany is battling to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, which it says is part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet”.

Germany, International Relations, Shipping, Sanctions, Russia

6 points by howard941 6 days ago | 1 comments

Ukrainian Hackers have wiped out russias internet service provider NODEX (techcrunch.com)
Russian internet provider Nodex said it was in the process of restoring its systems after a destructive cyberattack earlier this week that saw hackers compromise its network and wipe its internal servers, causing an immediate and complete collapse of internet connectivity to its Russian customers.

Cybersecurity, Russia, Ukraine

10 points by amai 8 days ago | 3 comments

As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, Putin faces devastating demographic timebomb (kyivindependent.com)

Russia, Ukraine, War, Demographics, Politics

17 points by MilnerRoute 9 days ago | 4 comments

Moscow court orders Yandex to hide oil refinery on maps after drone attacks (pravda.com.ua)
A court in Moscow has for the first time ordered Yandex to block access to maps and photographs of the infrastructure of one of Russia's largest oil refineries due to the threat of attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Russia, Censorship, Geopolitics, Technology, Ukraine

11 points by wslh 14 days ago | 2 comments

What Is To Be Done? The book that helped spark the Russian Revolution (onepercentrule.substack.com)
"No work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with What Is to Be Done? in its effect on human lives and its power to make history”. ~ Joseph Frank, The Southern Review

History, Russia, Literature, Politics

79 points by drcwpl 15 days ago | 153 comments

Russian government requested Bellingcat to be taken down (mstdn.social)

Russia, Censorship, Journalism, Bellingcat

24 points by huijzer 16 days ago | 0 comments

Ukraine Forces a Halt to Flow of Natural Gas from Russia to Europe (nytimes.com)
The flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was cut off early Wednesday after Ukraine refused to renew an agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory, according to officials in both countries.

Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Energy, Politics

18 points by this_weekend 16 days ago | 4 comments

2.01 (Buran-Class Spacecraft) (wikipedia.org)
2.01 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 3K) is the designation of the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.

Spacecraft, Soviet Union, Russia

7 points by doener 16 days ago | 0 comments

Treasury Sanctions Entities in Iran and Russia (2024 Election) (treasury.gov)
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating a subordinate organization of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and a Moscow-based affiliate organization of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and its director pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848, the U.S. election interference authority.

Politics, International Relations, Sanctions, Iran, Russia

7 points by thibaut_barrere 17 days ago | 0 comments

Ukraine Drone Boat Shot Down Russian Mi-8 Helicopter with Surface-to-Air Missile (twz.com)
Ukraine says it has used an adapted air-to-air missile fired from an uncrewed surface vessel (USV), better known as a drone boat, to down a Russian Mi-8 Hip helicopter over the Black Sea earlier today.

Ukraine, Russia, Military, Warfare, Drones

12 points by peutetre 17 days ago | 0 comments

Growing theories that a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ is sabotaging underwater cables (fortune.com)
New evidence adds to growing theories that a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ is sabotaging underwater cables critical to digital infrastructure

Russia, Cybersecurity, Underwater Cables, Infrastructure

20 points by doener 18 days ago | 8 comments

Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages (arstechnica.com)
Ahead of a major crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency mines in Russia next year, a power provider in Siberia has been fined for illegally leasing state land that's supposed to be used only for public utilities to an illegal mining operation.

Cryptocurrency, Russia, Energy, Crime

7 points by pseudolus 18 days ago | 2 comments

Sixty-mile drag mark found near damaged Baltic Sea cable, says Finland (theguardian.com)
Finnish investigators say they have found a seabed trail stretching almost 100km (about 60 miles) around the site of an underwater electricity cable that was damaged on Christmas Day in a suspected act of Russian sabotage.

Russia, Sabotage, Baltic Sea, Underwater Cables

9 points by rntn 18 days ago | 5 comments

Russia shot down jet, attempted cover-up, Azerbaijan president charges (politico.eu)
Russia accidentally shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on Christmas Day, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday.

Russia, Azerbaijan, Aviation Accidents, International Relations, Politics

31 points by dtquad 19 days ago | 5 comments

Missile Strike Confirmed as Cause of Azerbaijan E190 Crash – Aeroxplorer.com (aeroxplorer.com)
Azerbaijani government sources have confirmed that a Russian Pantir-S1 surface-to-air missile was the cause of the Embraer E190 crash on Christmas Day.

Aviation Accidents, Military, Azerbaijan, Russia

46 points by cratermoon 20 days ago | 27 comments

Russian Government Orders ISPs to Hand over Names of VPN Users (cyberinsider.com)
Russia's internet regulator, Roskomnadzor (RKN), has issued a directive requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to supply information that could identify users accessing blocked content via VPNs.

Russia, Government Censorship, VPNs, Internet Regulation

18 points by quibuss 21 days ago | 0 comments

Russian-Linked Oil Tanker Suspected of Sabotage Was Brimming with Spy Equipment (twz.com)
The Eagle S – a tanker ship carrying Russian oil and suspected of severing the Estlink 2 power cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia – was reportedly brimming with spy equipment.

Russia, Espionage, Maritime Security, Sabotage, International Relations

13 points by tomohawk 21 days ago | 4 comments

Finland Says Vessel Suspected of Cutting Cable Part of Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' (nytimes.com)
The Finnish authorities seized an oil tanker on Thursday on the suspicion that it was involved in cutting vital undersea cables and said the ship might have been part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” aimed at evading Western sanctions.

Russia, International Relations, Geopolitics, Maritime Security, Sanctions

21 points by JumpCrisscross 22 days ago | 1 comments

Vessel Suspected of Cutting Undersea Cable May Be Part of Russia’s Shadow Fleet (nytimes.com)
The Finnish authorities seized an oil tanker on Thursday on the suspicion that it was involved in cutting vital undersea cables and said the ship might have been part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” aimed at evading Western sanctions.

International Relations, Maritime Security, Russia, Sanctions, Finland

14 points by jbegley 22 days ago | 0 comments

Russia hit flight J2-8243, then jammed electronics and denied permission to land (bsky.app)

Russia, Ukraine, Air Travel, Technology, International Relations

16 points by martythemaniak 22 days ago | 1 comments

Azerbaijani airline plane shot down by Russia (anewz.tv)
AnewZ has learned from Azerbaijani government sources that the preliminary results of the investigation revealed that an Azerbaijani Airlines plane traveling on the Baku-Grozny route was attacked on its approach to the city of Grozny by the Russian Pantsir-S air defense system.

International Relations, Aviation Accidents, Russia, Azerbaijan

58 points by ig0r0 22 days ago | 25 comments

Estlink cable disruption: Finnish Border Guard detains tanker linked to Russia (yle.fi)
An oil tanker that was sailing in the area when the Finland-Estonia electrical link was disrupted on Wednesday has been escorted and boarded by the Finnish Border Guard.

Finland, Estonia, Energy, Russia, Security

8 points by juki 22 days ago | 2 comments

Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Air crash (euronews.com)
38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

International Relations, Aviation Accidents, Russia, Azerbaijan

8 points by toomuchtodo 23 days ago | 2 comments

Russia bans crypto mining in multiple regions, citing energy concerns (engadget.com)
The Russian government has banned crypto mining in ten regions for a period of six years, according to reporting by the state-owned news agency Tass.

Cryptocurrency, Russia, Energy, Government Regulation

10 points by cratermoon 23 days ago | 2 comments