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Organized criminal groups from China operating on the Thai-Myanmar border are threatening internet users worldwide with online scams and financial fraud, using trafficked “cyber slaves” to carry out their crimes, according to a new report by the congressionally established United States...
Putin bet he had more staying power than the West, but his Ukrainian quagmire now poses clear risks for Russia's political stability. Russian President Vladimir Putin's Ukraine strategy has rested on a big assumption: that his autocratic government could outlast Western democracies, whose leaders are more...
Ukrainian forces are navigating giant minefields and mounting initial attacks on Russian positions along a sprawling front line, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said, as Kyiv takes the first, halting steps of what is expected to be a prolonged and punishing counteroffensive campaign. Ukrainian officials...
Russian authorities announced today they have closed a criminal investigation into mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is reportedly in hiding in Belarus. For more on the most recent developments in Russia, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Don Jensen, Senior Advisor at the U-S Institute of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his first public speech since the Wagner Group marched toward Moscow. He denounced the mercenary group's leader and gave more details about the deal that staved off the mutiny...
The Wagner mercenary group’s weekend insurrection against Russia has reignited debate about the group’s involvement in Africa. Wagner is operating in Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, and Sudan. Heather Ashby, acting director of the Center for Russia and Europe at the United States Institute of Peace...
Beware predictions about Vladimir Putin’s imminent demise. The informal rule in foreign policy circles is that an autocrat can sustain power if he has the support of 30% of the population. He then has the requisite manpower to run the state bureaucracy, police society, either pay taxes or corruption tolls...
President Joe Biden sought to preempt any talk from President Vladimir Putin that the West provoked the mercenary rebellion that shook Russia over the weekend, saying the US and NATO had played no role and were still weighing its consequences. In his first public comments about the matter...
The U.S. and allies have major concerns about the consequences of instability in Russia, even as the chaos raises opportunities to strengthen Ukraine’s position diplomatically and militarily. There are any number of aftereffects to look for in the fallout from the weekend mutiny attempt launched...
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor weighs in on the short-lived mutiny in Russia which some critics argue shows cracks in Putin's power...