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Russia and the United States - along with 23 other countries - recently reaffirmed that states should not hack each others critical infrastructure in peacetime or shelter cyber criminals who conduct attacks on other countries.

They patronize hacking forums to recruit affiliates, advertise profit-sharing schemes and provide interviews on their techniques.

A Facebook report released Wednesday says that Russia is still the largest producer of disinformation, a notable finding just five years after Russian operatives launched a far-reaching campaign to infiltrate social media during the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Its only May, and temperatures near the Arctic Circle in northwestern Russia are approaching 90 degrees. In Moscow, temperatures have shattered records on consecutive days.

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take part in an online ceremony on Wednesday to launch construction of nuclear energy projects, as the two countries intensify cooperation amid the global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MOSCOW - At least seven students and two adults were killed and 20 people were injured Tuesday when a gunman opened fire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, a regional official said, prompting President Vladimir Putin to call for tighter gun controls.

MOSCOW - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has signed deals with three Chinese biopharmaceutical companies for the production of over 260 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in the past weeks, according to statements published on the website of the RDIF.

MOSCOW - A closed-door Moscow court hearing Monday is expected to officially ban the political and anti-corruption networks of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that would mark the most sweeping attempt to crush the Kremlins greatest political threat.

Russia said it will begin pulling thousands of troops back from areas near the Ukrainian border starting Friday, in a step that could calm strains with the West that have surged in recent weeks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to supply Thailand with Sputnik V vaccine, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON: Ten of the 32 individuals and entities sanctioned by US President Joe Biden on Thursday for participating in Russia’s alleged cybercrimes are based in Karachi and Lahore, shows an official US statement.

The residents of Irkutsk, one of Russia's coldest regions, are used to harsh winters. But when the temperature dropped to negative -76 Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius) last January, even they had to submit to the elements. "Please stay at home unless absolutely necessary," Governor Igor Kobzev pleaded on Instagram.