Sentences with phrase «russian military official»

After NATO released satellite images that seemed to reveal a buildup of Russian forces along Ukrainian border towns, for example, a senior Russian military official disputed the allegation, but NATO's assessment was corroborated by the AAAS analysis.

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U.S. officials are concerned by the specter of former military and intelligence officers working at Kaspersky, and fear that the company's software could allow Russian state - sponsored hackers to steal user files, read private email correspondence or attack critical infrastructure in the United States.

Numerous US military officials have also expressed concern about Russian activity in the country.

NATO officials, however, appear to still be wary of the deal and the looming introduction of a Russian weapons system into the military of one of their partner forces.

The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign» activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Three defense officials with knowledge of the deliberations said the move would be a response to Russian activities in the region and aligns with the new National Defense Strategy that calls on the military to be less operationally predictable.

U.S. military officials raised concerns about the incident through a hotline established in the past two years between American and Russian air forces.

Guccifer claimed in a posting on their Wordpress site to have «penetrated Hillary Clinton's and other Democrats» mail servers,» but the self - described hacker was later characterized by U.S. officials as a front for Russian military intelligence.

Also: Russian military spies were behind the cyberattack that hit the Olympics» opening ceremony, The Washington Post reports, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

The sanctions were developed in recent weeks as part of a ready menu of potential military and economic measures for Trump to enact to strike back at Assad's government and his Russian patrons, according to a senior administration official.

Russian officials have made numerous suggestions that the failure was due to malign foreign influence, including U.S. scientific radars or covert military action, or natural phenomena such as solar flares and cosmic rays.

A new Arctic Coast Guard Forum to be launched this fall — involving the United States, Russia and other Arctic countries — offers an important opportunity to «maintain contact» with Russian officials at a time when bilateral military contacts are not an option, said the research institution.

Away from any military or industrial centers, the research station receives little attention from Russian officials and operates outside of the influence of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which in recent years has increasingly lost its independence to the Kremlin.

A legislative panel investigating the school massacre in the Russian town of Beslan last year has blamed government forces for an uncoordinated response to the crisis and has contradicted some aspects of the military's official account of the event, according to media reports.

Government officials in intelligence and national security have long used the «red team» approach to stress test policy and intelligence conclusions about issues like Russian military strength.

The approach has been employed with past indictments accusing Iranian hackers of a digital break - in of a New York dam, Chinese military officials of large - scale hacks at energy corporations and Russians of a massive breach of Yahoo user accounts.