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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.

Wednesday’s denial-of-service attacks on government, financial sites resemble earlier ones attributed to Russia.

Russian troopships, 120 battalion tactical groups “have uncoiled,” hinting at a far deeper incursion.

The Prime Minister is likely to come under fire in the Commons on Wednesday over the punishment doled out in response to Russian aggression.

Boris Johnson has been criticised for not going far enough with the first round of sanctions designed to hit the Kremlin.

Twice as many Russians said it would be right for Moscow to take military action to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO compared to those who said it would be wrong, according to

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Russian aggression toward Ukraine is “an attack on democracy,” vowing that the U.S. will stand united with its allies around the world in swiftly imposing sanctions on Russia and ensuring financial and political support for an independent Ukraine. Pelosi, who returned to the Capitol from a diplomatic overseas trip, compared the aggression to Russia's intervention in the United States' own democratic process during the 2016 election. ...

The Kremlin has succeeded — spectacularly — in fixating the world’s attention on a single border flashpoint.

In the night of February 26 to 27, 2014, small groups of armed men, who later acquired the labels “little green men,” and even “polite green men” (which were anything but), appeared across Crimea.[1] They corralled Ukrainian forces in their bases, making it plain that any attempt to leave would be met with violence; they took over communications masts and studios, ensuring that the only messages accessible to the Crimean population were those they sent out; they took over government offi...

Moscow doesn’t need troops and roadblocks to isolate a target country.