Kiev war zone: Mass riots in Ukraine on January 22

[Vince_ii]

Last updated: March 14, 2014 7:57 pm
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Yields on Russia’s 10-year government bonds rose close to 9.7 per cent on Friday, compared with less than 8 per cent in January. The rouble hit 36.7 to the dollar, near to its weakest rate on record.

It also emerged on Friday that Russia’s top 10 billionaires, led by Alisher Usmanov, had lost a combined $6.6bn of their net worth over the past week, according to research firm Wealth-X. Russian equities, which showed more weakness on Friday, have lost 20 per cent of their value since the start of the year.

https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ffea2660-ab9e-11e3-aad9-00144feab7de.html#axzz2vykjKUGo

 

[Tony Montana]

If given the choice to press that red button.

Would you?.

 

[DannyDeVito]

Can someone please tell Putin not to take my new girlfriend from Ukraine.

 

[User-E]

Can someone please tell Putin not to take my new girlfriend from Ukraine.

Way to spice up a political thread Danny!

/-Thumbs-up::/

 

[User-E]

NATO websites hit in cyber attack linked to Crimea tension

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers brought down several public NATO websites, the alliance said on Sunday, in what appeared to be the latest escalation in cyberspace over growing tensions over Crimea.

The Western military alliance's spokeswoman, Oana Lungescu, said on social networking site Twitter that cyber attacks, which began on Saturday evening, continued on Sunday, although most services had now been restored. "It doesn't impede our ability to command and control our forces. At no time was there any risk to our classified networks," another NATO official said.

NATO's main public website (www.nato.int), which carried a statement by Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen saying that Sunday's referendum on Crimea's status would violate international law and lack legitimacy, worked intermittently.

The so-called "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack, in which hackers bombard websites with requests causing them to slow down or crash, also hit the site of a NATO-affiliated cyber security centre in Estonia. NATO's unclassified e-mail network was also affected.

A group calling itself "cyber berkut" said the attack had been carried out by patriotic Ukrainians angry over what they saw as NATO interference in their country.

The claim, made at , could not be independently verified. "Berkut" is a reference to the feared and now disbanded riot squads used by the government of ousted pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

Cyber warfare expert Jeffrey Carr, in a blog on the attacks, described cyber berkut as staunch supporters of Yanukovich and a "pro-Russia hacktivist group working against Ukrainian independence". Lungescu noted the statement by "a group of hacktivists" but said that, due to the complexities involved in attributing the attacks, NATO would not speculate about who was responsible or their motives.

"KICKING SAND"

John Bumgarner, chief technology officer at the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a non-profit research institute, said initial evidence strongly suggested that these cyber attacks were launched by pro-Russian sympathisers. "One could equate these cyber attacks against NATO as kicking sand into one's face," he said.

Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow of rapidly building up its armed forces on the peninsula in "crude violation" of an international treaty. The website for the Crimea referendum (referendum2014.ru) said on Sunday that it had come under cyber attack overnight, although it appeared to be working on Sunday.

Cyber attacks on NATO's computer systems are common, but a NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity on Sunday, said the latest one was a serious online assault.

Ian West, director of NATO's cyber defence nerve centre at Mons in southern Belgium, said last year that the alliance's network intrusion detection systems handled around 147 million "suspicious events" every day and around 2,500 confirmed serious attacks on its computers in the previous year.

Tensions between Moscow and the West have been rising steadily since Russia intervened following the ouster of Yanukovich. Ukrainian and Russian websites have both been targets for cyber attacks in recent weeks but this appeared the first major attack on a Western website since the crisis began.

Suspected Russian hackers used DDoS attacks to cripple websites and services in Estonia in 2007 during a dispute over a war memorial, and against Georgia during its brief 2008 war with Russia. Moscow denied orchestrating such attacks, saying they were simply carried out by independent patriots.

Groups calling themselves cyber berkut have attacked several Ukrainian websites in recent weeks, computer security experts say. Cyber berkut - which some experts believe may be affiliated with Russian intelligence - published its statement in Russian rather than Ukrainian.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nato-websites-hit-cyber-attack-022328486.html

 

[Mason]

NATO websites hit in cyber attack linked to Crimea tension

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers brought down several public NATO websites, the alliance said on Sunday, in what appeared to be the latest escalation in cyberspace over growing tensions over Crimea.

The Western military alliance's spokeswoman, Oana Lungescu, said on social networking site Twitter that cyber attacks, which began on Saturday evening, continued on Sunday, although most services had now been restored. "It doesn't impede our ability to command and control our forces. At no time was there any risk to our classified networks," another NATO official said.

NATO's main public website (www.nato.int), which carried a statement by Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen saying that Sunday's referendum on Crimea's status would violate international law and lack legitimacy, worked intermittently.

The so-called "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack, in which hackers bombard websites with requests causing them to slow down or crash, also hit the site of a NATO-affiliated cyber security centre in Estonia. NATO's unclassified e-mail network was also affected.

A group calling itself "cyber berkut" said the attack had been carried out by patriotic Ukrainians angry over what they saw as NATO interference in their country.

The claim, made at , could not be independently verified. "Berkut" is a reference to the feared and now disbanded riot squads used by the government of ousted pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

Cyber warfare expert Jeffrey Carr, in a blog on the attacks, described cyber berkut as staunch supporters of Yanukovich and a "pro-Russia hacktivist group working against Ukrainian independence". Lungescu noted the statement by "a group of hacktivists" but said that, due to the complexities involved in attributing the attacks, NATO would not speculate about who was responsible or their motives.

"KICKING SAND"

John Bumgarner, chief technology officer at the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a non-profit research institute, said initial evidence strongly suggested that these cyber attacks were launched by pro-Russian sympathisers. "One could equate these cyber attacks against NATO as kicking sand into one's face," he said.

Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow of rapidly building up its armed forces on the peninsula in "crude violation" of an international treaty. The website for the Crimea referendum (referendum2014.ru) said on Sunday that it had come under cyber attack overnight, although it appeared to be working on Sunday.

Cyber attacks on NATO's computer systems are common, but a NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity on Sunday, said the latest one was a serious online assault.

Ian West, director of NATO's cyber defence nerve centre at Mons in southern Belgium, said last year that the alliance's network intrusion detection systems handled around 147 million "suspicious events" every day and around 2,500 confirmed serious attacks on its computers in the previous year.

Tensions between Moscow and the West have been rising steadily since Russia intervened following the ouster of Yanukovich. Ukrainian and Russian websites have both been targets for cyber attacks in recent weeks but this appeared the first major attack on a Western website since the crisis began.

Suspected Russian hackers used DDoS attacks to cripple websites and services in Estonia in 2007 during a dispute over a war memorial, and against Georgia during its brief 2008 war with Russia. Moscow denied orchestrating such attacks, saying they were simply carried out by independent patriots.

Groups calling themselves cyber berkut have attacked several Ukrainian websites in recent weeks, computer security experts say. Cyber berkut - which some experts believe may be affiliated with Russian intelligence - published its statement in Russian rather than Ukrainian.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nato-websites-hit-cyber-attack-022328486.html

Good thing they only got into their website which is not a big deal. They didn't touch their database information. Nato is too smart not to have the proper script for that.

 

[User-E]

Good thing they only got into their website which is not a big deal. They didn't touch their database information. Nato is too smart not to have the proper script for that.

I'm fascinated by how cyber activities have become a part of modern day warfare.

Satellites and the internet are crucial weapons of war now, same as with finding the jet that disappeared.

Knowing several countries have missiles that can take out our the satellites, and the ability to hack into the ones we all depend on so heavily is a sobering thought.

Satellites and social media run the world.

 

[FUKUMAN]

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone and warned of the consequences of the conflict with Ukraine.
On this "Hvilya" said a Turkish diplomatic source.

According to him, during the last meeting of the honorary leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Cemil and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan discussed Reydzhepa threat Crimean Tatars in connection with the aggressive policy of Russia, which is organized and has organized a separatist referendum March 16, 2014.

During this meeting, Cemil cited the murder Crimean Tatar in early March by unknown persons.
After a conversation with Mustafa Erdogan Dzhemileva on March 16 called Vladimir Putin and warned him that if Russia invades Ukraine, as well as the self-proclaimed authority or if the so-called. Crimea will take self-defense violence against Crimean Tatars, the Republic of Turkey will be forced to close the Black Sea straits to Russian ships.

Recall that today the U.S. stated that impose sanctions against several officials of the Russian Federation in connection with the Crimean crisis. Similar sanctions against 21 and one official policy of Ukraine and Russia entered the European Union.

https://hvylya.org/news/exclusive/t...et-na-ukrainu-diplomaticheskiy-istochnik.html

 

[BEORN]

[h=1]Russian Deputy PM Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions[/h]
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/russian-deputy-pm-laughs-at-obamas-sanctions/

 

[Mason]

https://twitter.com/PzFeed/status/445940190310596609

- United States notified the Syrian government today that it must immediately suspend operations of its Embassy in Washington, DC.

US special envoy for Syria says 'unacceptable' for individuals appointed by #Assad regime to conduct diplomatic, consular operations in US

State Dept has shut down the Syrian embassy in Washington, Syrian diplomats no longer allowed to work, non-citizen staff must leave US.

United States orders non-US personnel to leave the country, freezes diplomatic, consular relations with Syria

This is now our move on the chess board. Russia, get out of Ukraine, or we topple the Assad Regime.

This is what the Cuban Missile Crisis was about. Russia didn't want Nukes in Cuba, Russia wanted ours away from Russia.... and that is exactly what Kennedy gave them. They backed off, then they left Cuba.

Now, the US is going to play the part of Russia in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Interesting.

 

[Melzx]

BREAKING: President Turchynov press service: Ukrainian forces authorized to use weapons

BREAKING: President Turchynov press service: Ukrainian forces authorized to use weapons

To defend themselves.

Get ready for war Gentlemen.


[h=1]Ukrainian military says soldier killed in Crimea - live updates[/h]

• A captain was also reportedly injured
• Assault by ‘unknown forces’
• Ukrainian PM calls shooting ‘war crime’
• Putin signs treaty for annexation
• Ukraine says it does not recognise annexation treaty
• UK halts military exports to Russia
• Read the main points from Putin’s speech
• Read the latest summary

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ch-russia-live#block-53288c01e4b085d4434ee921

 

[Al Bumin]

Oh no !!!!

 

[Oilcan]

Those guys that signed up for a one way ticket to Mars got a deal of the century.

 

[Cardinal Fang]

You have to expect things like this when you have armed people in such close quarters with a deep seeded hatred of one another.

 

[Prick]

Looking for my BB gun as we speak.

 

[Tooler]

Vladimir Putin's Dog Found

 

[HOF]

:no:

 

[Skipper]

 

[God]

Everything I created is going up in smoke now.

[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]The United States will respond to any Russian aggression against NATO allies, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday as he visited Baltic countries worried about Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]“As long as Russia continues on this dark path, they will face increase political and economic isolation,” Biden told reporters in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
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[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]“The president wanted me to come personally to make it clear what you already know that under Article 5 under the NATO treaty, we will respond. We will respond to any aggression against a NATO ally."


[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Biden's visit is intended to reassure nations like Poland and the Baltics that the United States will live up to its NATO pledge to protect allies under attack. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are all members of both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - unlike Ukraine.
[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]There has been widespread alarm at Russia’s explanation that it annexed Crimea in order to protect Russian citizens and Russian speakers. Many of the Baltic nations have a significant number of Russians living within their borders and historical ties that pre-date the Soviet Union.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/u...-allies-we-will-respond-any-aggression-n56521

 

[Hoser]

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