Russian intelligence officers are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election, US officials said Tuesday. Two Russians who have played important roles in Moscow’s military intelligence service, …
Read More »Russia Used English Sites to Spread Covid-19 Disinformation, US Officials Say | United States News
US authorities say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread information about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election. Two Russians who have held high-level roles in the Moscow military intelligence service …
Read More »Woolly mammoth skeleton found in a lake in the Russian Arctic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists are studying the incredibly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the land at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallow waters of a northern lake in Siberia. Part of its skull, several ribs and bones of …
Read More »Belarusian self-exiled presidential contender trusts new ‘Joan of Arc’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for freedom and custody of his children told Reuters that the country’s opposition is trusting a candidate he characterized as Joan of Arc in recent days. Valery Tsepkalo, a Belarusian opposition figure who was banned from …
Read More »Putin says Russian Navy will get hypersonic nuclear attack weapons
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear attack weapons and submarine nuclear drones, which the defense ministry said were in their final phase of testing. Putin, who says he doesn’t want an arms race, has often spoken of …
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