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U.S. Senate to examine Russia's influence on antigovernment extremists

Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he hopes to lead a bipartisan investigation of the extremist groups, their overseas ties, and amplification of their message by foreign powers.

20:00, 05.02.2021

Local elections: Hungarian meddling spat gaining momentum

Budapest is starting to blackmail Kyiv as regards European integration prospects.

15:40, 27.10.2020

Ukraine accuses Hungary of "impudent" interference in local elections

On Local Election Day, the Hungarian side called on the national minority living in far-western region of Ukraine to support the "Hungarian Culture Society of Zakarapattia."

09:50, 26.10.2020

U.S. revokes visa of Ukrainian Giuliani ally – CNN

The move comes along with the designation of "Russian agent" MP Derkach over meddling in U.S. election.

16:30, 06.10.2020

Ukraine does not interfere in U.S. presidential elections – Zelensky

Ukraine does not interfere in any country's elections, the president stressed.

15:15, 06.10.2020

"Threat not only to Belarus": Lukashenko speaks with Putin

The two leaders have discussed "the situation in and around the Republic of Belarus" via the phone.

16:00, 15.08.2020

Russian security agencies using religion as tool to meddle in Ukraine – intelligence chief

The Kremlin is sowing splits in society through Russian Orthodoxy.

11:40, 02.08.2020

Russian intelligence working to destabilize southern Ukraine – expert

An ad campaign has been launched across social networks, encouraging residents of southern Ukraine, especially the area of Bessarabia, to acquire Russian, Romanian, and Moldovan citizenship.

15:20, 10.06.2020

U.S. Senate intelligence report backs joint assessment of 2016 Russian meddling – media

The committee review said interviews with those involved in drafting the assessment showed that "analysts were under no politically motivated pressure to reach specific conclusions."

23:20, 21.04.2020

WhatsApp leak exposes Russia link to Dutch far right

The leaked WhatsApp texts also showed the MP was against Dutch NATO membership.

16:00, 17.04.2020

FBI official warns Russia "wants to watch us tear ourselves apart" – media

The comment comes amid intel briefing controversy.

23:50, 25.02.2020

Why President Trump asked Ukraine to look into a DNC "server" and CrowdStrike – CBS News

The consensus view of the CIA, NSA, FBI and a Senate investigation is that Russians interfered in the 2016 election. But those findings don't line up with the ever-evolving story President Trump has been telling about Ukraine.

11:20, 17.02.2020

Facebook removes Russian accounts over Ukraine interference

The individuals behind the accounts posed as locals as part of what appears to be a military intelligence operation.

22:30, 12.02.2020

Kremlin appoints ex-deputy governor of Russia's Irkutsk region to senior post in puppet "DPR"

Meanwhile, there have been no reports on whereabouts of the former "prime minister".

09:40, 06.02.2020

Neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro running U.S. militant group The Base from Russia – BBC

The BBC traced Nazzaro and his Russian wife to an upmarket property in central St Petersburg purchased in her name in July 2018 – the same month to which the FBI dates the creation of The Base.

23:50, 24.01.2020

Ukraine interference conspiracy was "brought to you by the Kremlin", Schiff tells Senate

FBI Director Christopher Wray has also said the bureau has no evidence indicating Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

23:10, 24.01.2020

Ukraine's Interior Ministry probing into possible illegal surveillance of ex-U.S. envoy Yovanovitch

The Interior Ministry took note of materials published on January 14 by investigators of the U.S. House of Representatives about possible illegal surveillance in Ukraine of former U.S. envoy Yovanovitch.

16:38, 16.01.2020

Russia could remotely control missile launcher that brought down PS752 – media

Remote target locking and a remote command to launch missiles are also possible from the territory of the country of origin, that is, from Russia, an expert said.

17:50, 14.01.2020

AP: Against all evidence, debunked Ukraine theory endures

The idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Trump's presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Russian President Vladimir Putin before some of America's elected officials made it their truth.

23:15, 13.01.2020

Trump again mentions 'Ukrainian interference' in U.S. elections

The U.S. president reiterated no pressure had been put on his Ukrainian counterpart.

12:13, 13.01.2020

Three suspected Russian spies traveled to Barcelona in 2016 and 2017 – media

According to information obtained by EL PAÍS, the members of the elite military group Unit 29155 made a total of four trips to the Catalan capital.

19:32, 28.12.2019

U.S. mulls aggressive tactics if Russia goes for another election meddling

An intelligence community report had earlier found that Russia's top goal for its 2020 operations would be to sow discord in the U.S.

09:50, 26.12.2019

U.S. lawmakers pass Russia 'sanctions bill from hell' – media

Graham said he is ready to work with senators "to improve" DASKA ahead of a floor vote, but reiterated that it "must be strong to be meaningful."

09:56, 19.12.2019

FBI Director Wray: Ukraine did not interfere with 2016 U.S. election

Wray also cautioned that election interference is still a concern moving into 2020.

11:00, 10.12.2019

Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts – CBS News

In addition to fighting fake accounts, Facebook has unveiled new safety and transparency protocols in order to better safeguard the U.S. election process and ensure the misinformation campaign that rocked the 2016 election is not repeated.

13:20, 14.11.2019

Libya urges U.S. to help end conflict as Russian role grows – Bloomberg

Interior Minister says Russia fueling war to extend influence.

10:00, 11.11.2019

POLITICO: Ukraine didn't interfere in 2016, Trump officials testified

In his testimony, Vindman said there was no "factual basis" for such claims.

22:16, 09.11.2019

NABU could pass its investigation information to U.S. Embassy in Kyiv – Ukrainian MP (Video)

According to Derkach, the documents have already been passed to Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations and the Prosecutor's General Office.

19:48, 09.10.2019

Corrupt judges interfered to lift arrest off Yanukovych property, investigators say

The statement comes following a raid of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, conducted earlier today by Ukraine's anti-corruption watchdog, NABU.

19:50, 26.07.2019

PGO: Judges of Kyiv's District Administrative Court meddled in Constitutional Court, SBI operations

Horbatiuk says such influence on other government bodies has nothing to do with justice, so there must be an immediate reaction.

17:50, 26.07.2019

Managed chaos: Putin has two scenarios of meddling in Ukraine elections

The plots are being brought to life by rivaling Kremlin groups.

09:50, 15.07.2019

U.S. House of Representatives approves new Russia sanctions

The move aims to punish Russia for interfering in U.S. elections.

11:40, 12.07.2019

POLITICO: Half of European voters may have viewed Russian-backed "fake news"

Kremlin-backed campaigns are promoting extremist views and amplifying them to sow discord, says cyber firm.

16:55, 13.05.2019

Autonomy in Donbas with Yanukovych at helm: Details of "Ukraine peace plan" revealed in Mueller report

For the plan to work out, all that was needed was a "wink" or a slight push from Donald Trump, the report says.

10:20, 19.04.2019

Prosecutor Kulyk accuses Poroshenko of meddling in probe into Kurchenko case (Document)

Kulyk learnt about facts indicating that officials from the Poroshenko Administration and the Prosecutor General's Office had helped Yanukovych's criminal organization.

16:56, 11.04.2019

Law enforcers expose anti-Ukrainian online propagandist

The perpetrator had been calling in social networks for altering the borders and constitutional order of Ukraine and popularized the “DPR” and “LPR” terrorist organizations.

16:45, 06.04.2019

German far-right MP "could be absolutely controlled by Russia": BBC

The documents obtained by investigative journalists provide an insight into so-called "active measures" – Russian attempts to influence Western politics.

16:20, 05.04.2019

Russia to "test" whoever is Ukrainian president: Volker

The envoy says he is not sure Russia's attempts to manipulate the election runoff will have any impact.

14:40, 05.04.2019

Expert explains Russia's destabilization, interference strategy on Ukraine

The Kremlin seeks to prevent Ukraine from moving toward the West by keeping it in a permanent “grey zone.”

10:40, 29.03.2019

Ukrainian Intelligence Service elaborates on Russia's election meddling plans

One of the main areas of Russian interference remains cyber space, the intelligence agency stresses.

18:00, 27.03.2019

Ukraine's top cop walks thin blue line between Russian meddling, free election: National Observer

Kniaziev and his Ukrainian colleagues describe their country as a petri dish for Russian cyberattacks — known in 21st Century military doctrine as "hybrid war" — and say the countries that partner with it, such as a Canada, have a lot to learn from them as well.

21:45, 26.03.2019

Resolution condemning Russia's attempts to meddle into Ukrainian elections submitted to U.S. Congress

Congressmen urge the U.S. government to provide assistance to the Ukrainian government in efforts to protect the country's electoral system from cyber and other threats.

12:45, 22.03.2019

U.S. President Trump comments on "Ukrainian plot to help Clinton"

The conversation mentioned the transfer of the so-called "black ledger" to Hillary Clinton.

19:58, 21.03.2019

Top Ukraine official accuses Putin of "blackmail" ahead of country's election – The Hill

He has also said the Kremlin has influence on certain media resources in Ukraine, which is making things even more complicated.

11:05, 21.03.2019

Norway says it proved Russian GPS interference during NATO exercises – Reuters

Both Norway and Finland protested to Russia, which dismissed those allegations when they were first made.

22:15, 18.03.2019

European Parliament: Russia’s disinformation campaigns main source of disinformation in Europe

MEPs urge the EU to expand its East StratCom Task Force, set up in 2015, into a fully-fledged structure within the European External Action Service, to address Russia’s hostile propaganda.

21:45, 13.03.2019

SBU exposes psy-ops group working for Russia's GRU

The group was led by a Russian lieutenant colonel on active duty, and tasked with destabilizing the situation in Ukraine applying methods of hybrid information warfare, including with the use of social networks.

21:00, 12.03.2019

Recognizing Ukraine elections illegitimate: OSINT expert reveals Kremlin’s plan on Ukraine

Moscow is trying to play the scenario that might help bring pro-Russian forces to power in Ukraine's parliamentary elections.

18:00, 11.03.2019

Russia to continue campaign promoting religious tensions in Ukraine– media

Russian propaganda will push the narrative of the alleged persecution of pro-Moscow clerics.

11:40, 06.03.2019

EU Political Report: Winning friends back – Kremlin style

Ukrainian intelligence sources have uncovered that the Kremlin is going to deploy basically the same tried and tested tactics as it used to great effect in Donbas back in 2014

16:40, 05.03.2019