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A security expert has claimed Russia 'could well be' behind a cyber attack that crippled operations at several major European airports today. Hackers targeted check-in and boarding systems operator Collins Aerospace on Friday night, sparking major disruption, flight delays and cancellations at transport hubs across the continent. The company is 'experiencing a technical issue which may cause delays for departing passengers' as a result of the attack, which crippled online check-in systems at Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels. One expert told the Daily Mail that Russia could be behind the hack, adding: 'The timing of the attack, coming just hours after...

Russia’s gasoline sales hit a two-year low on Tuesday as Ukrainian drone strikes and surging harvest-season demand intensify the country’s fuel shortage. Data from the St. Petersburg Exchange, reported by Kommersant on Wednesday, shows that sales of A-92 petrol dropped 21.7 percent to 15,600 metric tons on Tuesday, the lowest level since 2023. Sales of A-95 petrol fell 15.5 percent to 12,060 tons compared with the previous day, bringing total gasoline sales on the exchange down 19.1 percent to 27,700 tons. The sharp decline comes amid unscheduled shutdowns at several large Russian refineries, as Kyiv reportedly escalated its campaign against...

One of Vladimir Putin's advisers has left his post due his opposition to the Russian president's policies on the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has been reported. Dmitry Kozak, who is of Ukrainian origin, "resigned" from his position as Kremlin deputy chief of staff, according to Russian publication RBC. But the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that he was likely pushed from his post following "years of disagreement" with Putin about the Ukraine war. Why It Matters Kozak is said to have opposed the full-scale invasion. His exit from the Kremlin inner circle signals the commitment from...

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is deliberately slowing its economic growth in order to suppress inflation. "As for the decline from more than 4% GDP growth: this is not a decline, it is a deliberate action. It is a slowdown in growth in exchange for curbing inflation and maintaining macroeconomic stability," Putin said during a televised meeting with top lawmakers. A graph published in Russian central bank's report earlier in September showed two consecutive quarters of gross domestic product (GDP) decline in quarter-on-quarter terms, aligning with the common definition of a technical recession.