The Joe Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to prohibit the sale of antivirus software produced by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab within the United States. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo emphasised concerns over Russia’s potential influence on the company, citing substantial security risks posed by its software, reported Reuters. During a briefing with reporters, Raimondo highlighted the…
The United States imposed sanctions on Russian firm Sovcomflot PJSC to restrict President Vladimir Putin from escaping a price cap on crude exports. The move comes as other allies including the United Kingdom opt for the route to impose sanctions on the Russian oil-shipping major firm. In a statement, the Treasury Department revealed that it…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk-owned micro-blogging platform X on Tuesday briefly suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, just 24 hours after its creation following the demise of her spouse, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the media has reported. The @Yulia_Navalnaya account page was back online approximately 50 minutes after it was inexplicably suspended, said a report…
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, in a recent exchange on X (formerly Twitter) Spaces with US Republican Senators, shared his perspective on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Musk suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin might face significant pressure to resolve the situation. Additionally, Musk hinted at the potential consequences Putin could…
Vladimir Putin in an interview with ex-Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson on Thursday opened up about several burning topics, including the ongoing Ukraine war and even imprisoned Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich. During the dialogue, the Russian president even spoke about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and his brain chip endeavour, Neuralink. Of course, as…
New Delhi: Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he was serving his sentence since the middle of last year and his current whereabouts are unknown, his allies said on Monday. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh told his lawyer that the staff at the IK-6 facility in Melekhovo, 235…
New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday and expressed displeasure over Moscow’s “anti-Israel” stance at the United Nations, an Israeli statement said, news agency Reuters reported. According to the statement, PM Netanyahu spoke to President Putin and expressed “robust disapproval” of Russia’s “dangerous” cooperation with Iran. The…
