Meta allows you to call for the death of Putin and Russian soldiers
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Just no one else

It looks like you are allowed to call for the death of Tsar Putin and his imperialist stormtroopers on Facebook even if you still can’t demand the death of anyone else.

Putin might allow software piracy
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Oh those sanctions

After years of making a pretence of being against software piracy, the Russian government is expected to give companies and individuals the right to pirate what they like.

Putin ensures German gas dependence by turning off wind turbines
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You see you need us

Tsar Putin’s rampaging hacker hordes shut down 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe to remind them how shaky their green power plans are and how much they need Russian gas.

Putin could kill US chip industry
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White House has new Ukraine scare story

Not content with shuttering Chinese chip making, the White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened US export curbs by blocking access to key materials.

Has Putin made REvil disappear?
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Ransomware gang vanishes after Biden complaint


It appears that the Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil has seemingly vanished from the dark web, just days after President Joe Biden said he pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to act against hackers in his country.

Trump supporter wanted to sell Pelosi's laptop to Putin
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Romantic partner grassed her up

A Pennsylvania woman accused of being one of the Capitol rioters told a former "romantic partner" that she planned to steal a laptop computer from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and sell it to Russian intelligence, court documents revealed Monday.

Russian election hackers back in force
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Fancy Bear spotted by Vole as Putin decides against Biden

The "Fancy Bear" group of Russian hackers accused of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election targeted the email accounts of Democratic state parties in California and Indiana, and influential think tanks in Washington and New York.

Looks like Putin is running another troll farm
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This one is a little more secretive

Social media research group Graphika published today a 120-page report unmasking a new Russian information operation of which very little has been known so far.

Putin’s daughter is head of AI at Moscow State University
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Not bad for an acrobatic rock’n’roll dancer

Katerina Tikhonova, the youngest daughter of Russian President Tsar Vladimir Putin, was appointed head of a new artificial intelligence institute at Moscow State University.

Tsar Putin is a big XP user
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Likes Office 2003 and is so tough he has deleted the rubbish bin

While he funds a huge hacking troll farm, Tsar Vladimir Putin does not seem to care much about his own cybersecurity.