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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
July 23, 2026, 12:12 am
Iranian strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Sources say the effectiveness and precision of attacks point to possible Moscow data sharing; analysts believe a strike in Riyadh was carried out using Russian-enhanced drones
By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery and Timour Azhari
In this photo taken in Berlin on October 20, 2020, Arne Schoenbohm, then-president of the German Federal Office for Information Security, (BSI) presents the Report on the State of IT Security in Germany. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool/AFP)
October 18, 2022, 6:18 pm
German cybersecurity chief dismissed over alleged ties to Russian intel
Berlin says allegations against Arne Schoenbohm ‘have permanently damaged the necessary public trust’ in him
By AFP
'Maria Adela' at a dinner in 2016 in a photo she posted to Facebook.
August 27, 2022, 5:58 am
Investigators: Female Russian spy posed as socialite to befriend NATO staff in Italy
Bellingcat researchers say operative for Russia’s military intelligence mingled with service members from US, European countries while posing as a cosmopolitan jewelry designer
By ToI Staff
The Babi Yar memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, is defaced with swastikas, in September 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)
March 24, 2022, 8:02 pm
Jewish businessman paid for Nazi graffiti in Ukraine before Russia invaded – report
Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks, accused of paying locals to daub swastikas in Kahriv and Kyiv, quoted saying ‘he had no choice’ after Russian agents approached him
By Tobias Siegal
People walk past an entrance of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
November 5, 2021, 7:09 pm
Russian embassy in Berlin calls mysterious death of diplomat a ‘tragic accident’
Embassy denies speculation in German media that man, found dead after falling from upper floor of building, was a Russian intelligence agent
By AP
A police car is parked in front of the British embassy in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
August 11, 2021, 5:16 pm
British embassy worker arrested in Germany for allegedly spying for Russia
David S. suspected of sending documents to Russian intelligence; security specialist: ‘A reminder of how much effort Russians put into trying to find out what West is up to’
By Deborah Cole
A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed as Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers, left, takes the podium to speak at a news conference at the Department of Justice, October 19, 2020, in Washington. Also pictured is US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott Brady, center. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)
October 20, 2020, 1:48 am
US charges Russian intel officers in vast hacking campaign
Six suspects, not in US custody, targeted French election, Ukraine, Olympics; was behind ‘most disruptive, destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to single group’
By Chris Lefkow
Psy-Group marketing material
August 25, 2020, 2:31 pm
Israel ducks blame for firm with ex-intel officers that bid to ‘shape’ US vote
Defense Ministry tries to shrug off responsibility as Senate report reveals activities of Psy-Group; Israeli law prohibits unlicensed export of defense tech, knowledge, services
By Simona Weinglass
Russian and the US flags flying next to each other at Moscow Vnukovo Airport, on May 7, 2013. (Mladen Antonov/AFP)
July 29, 2020, 7:34 pm
US accuses Russian intelligence of spreading virus disinformation online
Kremlin calls American allegations ‘conspiracy theories,’ denies that it is promoting fake news via English-language websites
By Eric Tucker and DARIA LITVINOVA
Illustrative. Working on a coronavirus vaccine. (iStock)
July 16, 2020, 6:02 pm
UK says Russian intelligence trying to steal virus vaccine research
Scientists in Britain, US, Canada said targeted as London vows ‘to hold perpetrators to account’
By AFP
Illustrative: A hacker at work. (supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)
October 21, 2019, 3:01 pm
Russian hackers posed as Iranians to hit dozens of countries, mostly in Mideast
In unprecedented attack, US and UK say cyber pirates believed to have ties to Kremlin hijacked tools of organizations in Islamic Republic to hide their true identities
By AP and ToI Staff
Gen. Col. Igor Korobov, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, speaks during a news conference in the Russian Defense Ministry's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on August 25, 2017. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
November 22, 2018, 12:53 pm
Igor Korobov, head of Russia’s GRU spy agency, dies at 62
Korobov headed body accused of hacking 2016 US presidential campaign, undertaking nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy in Britain, disrupting anti-doping efforts in world sports
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, left, and Defense Minister Mario Kunasek give a press conference in Vienna, Austria, on November 9, 2018, to comment on the case of a retired colonel in the Austrian army suspected of having spied for Russia for several decades. (Helmut Fohringer/APA/AFP)
November 9, 2018, 1:54 pm
Austria accuses colonel of spying for Russia for decades
‘Russian spying in Europe is unacceptable,’ says chancellor Sebastian Kurz of latest case, which follows Skripal poisoning in Britain and Russian cyber op in Holland
By AFP
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov enters a hall during his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero in Moscow, Russia, Monday, October 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
October 9, 2018, 12:42 am
Russia dismisses suspected spy hacking as routine trip to The Hague
Sergey Lavrov denies 4 people tried to break into chemical weapons watchdog computer system; investigative group says suspect in UK poisoning is a doctor for Russian intelligence
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Gregory Katz
In this image released on October 4, 2018, hacking equipment belonging to four Russian officers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, GRU, is seen on April 13, 2018. (Dutch Defense Ministry via AP)
October 4, 2018, 5:46 pm
US indicts 7 Russian spies over hacking as West blasts Moscow cybercrimes
Justice Department accuses GRU officers of breaching anti-doping agencies, Pennsylvania nuclear energy company, and chemical weapons investigator
By Gregory Katz, Raphael Satter and LORNE COOK
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