Articles about Russia

Microsoft extends ongoing tech support for Ukraine to protect digital services and data during war

Microsoft is extending its technology support commitment with Ukraine, helping the country protect critical digital services and data during its… Read More

Podcast

What happened after a Moscow-born Seattle tech CEO closed a big Russian operation in solidarity with Ukraine

Sergei Dreizin is co-founder and CEO of software engineering company Akvelon, based in Bellevue, Wash. Born and raised in Moscow,… Read More

In support of free press, this startup’s publishing tech helps get news into and out of Russia

A tiny startup in Redmond, Wash., is taking on the big task of trying to get the truth into and… Read More

Amazon opens supply hub for Ukrainian refugees, its largest humanitarian aid facility ever

Amazon is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to… Read More

Seattle tech workers with Ukrainian roots help build website to ease donation process for aid groups

The prospect of sending money to somehow help Ukraine deal with the mounting consequences of the Russian invasion can seem… Read More

Amazon halts AWS cloud signups in Russia and Belarus; existing customers not impacted

Amazon has stopped taking on new cloud customers in Russia and Belarus, escalating its response to the invasion of Ukraine,… Read More

Analyst: Only a matter of time before U.S. cloud companies shut off services in Russia

A flurry of tech companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google — are halting sales of services and products in… Read More

Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia, condemns ‘unlawful’ invasion of Ukraine

Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of… Read More

Seattle teen builds new website to aid Ukrainian refugees, two years after COVID-19 site took off

Avi Schiffmann can’t help but help. More than two years after starting a website to track the most current data… Read More

Expedia stops the sale of travel into and out of Russia in response to Ukraine invasion

Expedia Group is blocking the ability to book travel into or out of Russia in a response to that country’s… Read More

Amazon expresses ‘horror and concern’ over war in Ukraine as it offers $5M to aid organizations

Amazon doesn’t have any direct operations in Ukraine, but as the country suffers under the ongoing invasion by Russia, the… Read More

Review risks, focus on response plans: Security experts offer tips to prep for Russian cyberattacks

The Russian invasion of Ukraine this week was met with sweeping sanctions by the United States and its allies in… Read More

SolarWinds hack: What we know, and don’t know, so far

I keep hearing this from people I respect: It’s hard to overstate how serious the SolarWinds hack is. So, yes,… Read More

Space Adventures looks for a customer to do a spacewalk after Russia gives its OK

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Russian space officials say that they’ve signed off on a commercial deal with Virginia-based Space Adventures to… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch embroiled in Russian legal dispute over English Premier League streams

Amazon is fielding a major lawsuit from Russian internet giant Rambler Group, which claims Twitch has violated its rights to… Read More

F5 Networks secures NGNIX software builds as precaution after visit from Russian law enforcement

F5 Networks says it has taken steps to ensure the security of the master software builds for NGINX, the popular… Read More

Microsoft discovers Russian hackers targeted sports organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics

A hacking group tied to the Russian government has been targeting sporting organizations ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in… Read More

The world’s space agencies focus in on their roles for Gateway moon missions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not everyone has signed on the dotted line to join NASA’s plan to start sending astronauts to… Read More

Three spacefliers, including first Emirati in orbit, return to Earth from space station

Today’s landing of a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan brought one of the shortest recent stays on the International Space Station… Read More

Trio’s arrival boosts space station’s population to nine, including first Emirati

Three more spacefliers arrived at the International Space Station today in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, increasing the orbital outpost’s population… Read More

The moon in 2069: Top space scientists share their visions for lunar lifestyles

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fifty years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission transformed the idea of putting people on the… Read More

Russian cosmonauts send out a birthday tribute to the world’s first spacewalker

Two Russian cosmonauts took care of a host of scientific and maintenance chores on the exterior of the International Space… Read More

Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months… Read More

Russians say they have a deal with Space Adventures to put tourists in orbit by 2021

Russia’s space agency says it’s getting ready to resume sending private passengers to the International Space Station and back, a… Read More

Fake moves: Dancing Russian robot that wowed state media turns out to be a human in a costume

Oh, great, more Russian propaganda. Only this time it appears it was the Russians who were fooled by some fake… Read More

Russian spacewalkers carve away at Soyuz spaceship to inspect plugged hole

During an extraordinary spacewalk, two Russian cosmonauts used sharp objects today to cut away layers of protective insulation on a… Read More

Fresh trio arrives at space station and is ‘having a blast,’ two months after bad trip

A Russian Soyuz rocket sent three spacefliers to the International Space Station today, marking a return to normal operations after… Read More

Russia’s ‘perfect’ launch of cargo ship to space station clears way for crew’s trip

Russia successfully launched an uncrewed Progress cargo spaceship today to the International Space Station, using a Soyuz rocket similar to the one… Read More

Census shows that U.S.-Russian polar bear population is stable … at least for now

The first census of polar bears living around the Chukchi Sea, straddling Alaska and eastern Siberia, suggests that the population… Read More

Russians reboot space station computer

A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency… Read More