Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
26 September 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
- Putin Rattles The Nuclear Saber Again. Bluster? Probably, Experts Say RFE/RL 26 Sep 2024 -- Five days before President Vladimir Putin announced that he would loosen the conditions under which Russia might use a nuclear weapon against an adversary, one of those very same nuclear weapons had a spectacularly explosive mishap.
- Putin's new nuclear doctrine of Russia sends warning signal to West, Moscow says Press TV 26 Sep 2024 -- Moscow says President Vladimir Putin's recently announced changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine are intended to send a warning to Ukraine's Western allies, aiming to dissuade them from supporting attacks against the Russian Federation.
- Putin updates Russia's nuclear doctrine, announces new rules for nuclear arsenal use Press TV 26 Sep 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin has outlined the upcoming changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine, significantly lowering the threshold for his country to use nuclear weapons.
- Kremlin: Russia's Nuclear Doctrine Update Sends Clear Warning to West Sputnik 26 Sep 2024 -- The recently announced changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine should be taken as a certain signal to unfriendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
- Russian and Chinese warships perform manoeuvring and air defence tasks during naval drills in Sea of Okhotsk Russia MoD 26 Sep 2024 -- During the Beibu/Interaction 2024 Russian-Chinese naval drills in the Sea of Okhotsk, a joint ship detachment of the Pacific Fleet and People's Liberation Army Navy trained to manoeuvre and organise ships in a movement order, performed air defence tasks, secured and defended the detachment during anchorage in an unsafe roadstead.
- Joint Russia-China Drills Deepen Strategic Cooperation - Defense Ministry Sputnik 26 Sep 2024 -- The Russian-Chinese joint military exercises Northern/Interaction-2024 deepened the level of strategic cooperation between the two armies, made an active contribution to maintaining regional peace and responding to security challenges, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense Senior Col. Zhang Xiaogang said on Thursday.
- Laros 2024: final stage completed in Primorsky region Russia MoD 26 Sep 2024 -- The final stage of the Laros 2024 joint Russian-Laotian military exercise took place at the Sergeyevsky training ground.
- Plenary session of Russian Energy Week International Forum President of Russia 26 Sep 2024 -- Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo took part in the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum.
Foreign Policy
News Reports
- Two Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Operating Billion Dollar Money Laundering Services US Dept. of Justice 26 Sep 2024 -- The Justice Department today announced actions coordinated with the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and other federal and international law enforcement partners to combat Russian money laundering operations. The actions involved the unsealing of an indictment charging a Russian national with his involvement in operating multiple money laundering services that catered to cybercriminals, as well as the seizure of websites associated with three illicit cryptocurrency exchanges.
- U.S. Moves To Break Up Cyber-Money-Laundering Operation Allegedly Run By Russians RFE/RL 26 Sep 2024 -- The United States on September 26 imposed sanctions on an alleged Russian money-laundering operation that caters to cybercriminals around the world and unsealed indictments against two Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in the operation.
- Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program Offers for Two Russian Nationals and Sanctions on Illicit Russian Virtual Currency Exchanges and Cybercrime Facilitator US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2024 -- The Department of State is announcing reward offers under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Timur Shakhmametov and Sergey Ivanov for participating in, conspiring to participate in, and attempting to participate in transnational organized crime.
- Treasury Takes Coordinated Actions Against Illicit Russian Virtual Currency Exchanges and Cybercrime Facilitator US Treasury 26 Sep 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is undertaking actions as part of a coordinated international effort to disrupt Russian cybercrime services. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing an order that identifies PM2BTC—a Russian virtual currency exchanger associated with Russian individual Sergey Sergeevich Ivanov (Ivanov)—as being of "primary money laundering concern" in connection with Russian illicit finance.
- Joint Statement on the Security and Resilience of Undersea Cables in a Globally Digitalized World US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2024-- The following joint statement was endorsed by the United States of America, Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Federated States of Micronesia, Finland, France, Japan, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Tonga, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of the 79th annual United National General Assembly.
- Russian Deputy PM Calls for Impartial Probe Into Nord Stream Blasts Involving Russia Sputnik 26 Sep 2024 -- An objective investigation is needed into the explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines involving Russia, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday.
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