Biden Eyes Russia Retaliation After Review of Meddling, Hacking

By artappraiser on Wed, 04/07/2021 - 7:34pm |

Sanctions, diplomatic expulsions on list of possible actions
Review looked at SolarWinds hack, reports of bounty payments

Biden admin officials have completed an intelligence review of alleged Russian misdeeds such as election interference and the SolarWinds hack, setting the stage for the U.S to announce retaliatory actions soon, per @nwadhams and @JenniferJJacobs scoop. https://t.co/KU50gtkcYj
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) April 7, 2021

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-07/biden-eyes-russia-retaliation-after-review-of-meddling-hacking

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https://t.co/RY2QKQlXxu
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) April 8, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/07/2021 - 8:16pm

You may not be aware that Russia currently has no ambassador in Washington.

Now Moscow says there's no plans to restore full diplomatic representation until it sees evidence that the US is interested in building "constructive relations."https://t.co/rhOQ8aboEs
— Bryan MacDonald (@27khv) April 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:52am

Invasion stripes. Oh. https://t.co/iQZqQvNNGA pic.twitter.com/LcJB09DDVk
— John Schindler (@20committee) April 12, 2021

not vouching for the source here, gonna leave that to Schindler.

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 7:52pm

Invasion of Ukraine imminent

The point of those white marks (in general - I am not sure about this case) had been in Soviet Army and now Russian Army quite clear.

They were used always whenever the enemy had the same type of vehicles as friendly (such as in Prague 1968).

They are called "invasion stripes". pic.twitter.com/GIhYAUtlA2
— Ivo Zelinka (@IvoZelinka) April 12, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:06pm

Legal Experts React to Unraveling of U.S. Intelligence Story About Russian Bounties on American Troops

By COLIN KALMBACHER @ LawandCrime.com, Apr 15th, 2021, 5:31 pm

[....] The pantheon of questionable claims, falsehoods and lies from intelligence officials may have a new companion: the story of Russian bounties on U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.

“The United States intelligence community assesses with low to moderate confidence that Russian intelligence officers sought to encourage Taliban attacks U.S. and coalition personnel in Afghanistan in 2019 and perhaps earlier,” a senior Biden administration official said on Thursday, reversing previously “confident” pronouncements by his predecessor Donald Trump’s administration.

According to the Daily Beast‘s Adam Rawnsley and national security reporter Spencer Ackerman: “Translated from the jargon of spyworld, that means the intelligence agencies have found the story is, at best, unproven—and possibly untrue.”

The report details how officials explained the apparent about-face: [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 12:20am

Oh noes, Joe deescalates? I thought he was on fast track to WW VII or wherever we are at the moment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/russia-to-pull-back-troops...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 5:48pm

hah hah, looks more like called his bluff and it worked. congrats to all ya locals around those parts, refugee crises no fun...Joe and Kamala know all about that too

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 7:03pm

There is a much less simplistic case to be made than 'who bluffed' and 'who called the bluff'. Also here and here.

by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 04/22/2021 - 11:08pm

If Moon Over Alabama is sad, I'm ecstatic. The Carnegie site is pretty good. The result is largely status quo but standdown of military threat, which lets Kiev focus on EU/economics, Donbas - a tiny and less-and-less important coal district - is still in the doghouse but not a big threat, kick the can down the road. All good. There's no real strategic value to Russia taking Donbas. Mariupol is probably not worth the outrage (there'd be much more than with Crimea).

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 04/23/2021 - 12:54am

Biden Eyes Russia Retaliation After Review of Meddling, Hacking

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