The Kremlin responded to the cyberattack accusations by accusing the United States and the United Kingdom of blaming Russia “for everything. “
It’s a novelty in word warfare.
Commenting on the indictment that the U. S. Department of Justice unveiled on October 19, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in statements reported through TASS: “In this sense, examples of cheeky Russianphobia come to mind, which have nothing to do with reality. “
Rates are detailed. A press release from the Ministry of Justice accuses six Russian army intelligence agents (known for their Russian initials, GRU) of committing “intrusions and attacks by the PC to the Russian government’s efforts to undermine, retaliate or otherwise destabilize” Ukraine; Georgia; elections in France; efforts to hold Russia accountable for the use of a Novichok nerve agent on foreign soil; 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Kremlin denials
Denials are predictable. and other accusations through the UK’s National Cyber Security Agency, that Russia is also making plans for a cyberattack at the Tokyo Olympics (which is expected to take a position in the summer of 2020, but postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic) – Peskov warned “Neither Russia nor Russian intelligence agencies have carried out Array cyberattacks let alone on the Olympic Games. “
It is transparent that few Westerners will.
What either party can derive from this new war in the long war of words between the Kremlin, Washington and London is less obvious.
Western law enforcement officers make their accusations public knowing full well that Russia has never extradited citizens to try and, in fact, will not begin with an organization of army intelligence agents.
Doing Russia’s homework for them?
During the era of elections in the United States and talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union about their long-term relations, renewed fears about perceived Russian threats would likely increase the political tension that may increase, i. e. with regard to accusations of interference in Western elections.
In a recent interview with the Financial Times, outgoing UK Secret Service leader Alex Younger warned of the genuine effects of such efforts and warned that they opposed making “Russian paintings for them by strengthening them. “
Russia’s Olympic Ban
On Russia’s part, accusations of disrupting the Olympic Games make them seem insignificant, after all, these were matches in which Russia had been excluded from the festival due to doping-related violations.
However, relations between Russia and the West are stabilizing after the presidential election, Brexit and pandemic; Rivalries are expected to continue for the foreseeable future and victory in word warfare will be less difficult to obtain.
I’m from “Moscow Assignment: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin” (published in the United States and the United Kingdom in July 2020) and 3 other books on
I’m from “Moscow Assignment: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin” (published in the United States and the United Kingdom in July 2020) and three other books on foreign affairs. I visited the Soviet Union for the first time as a language student in the 1980s. Since then, I have been following the adjustments in Russia’s political, social and economic life. I spent many years living and reporting in Moscow, where between 1991 and 2009 I published twice for the BBC and once for Reuters TV. My career as a correspondent also included assignments in Brussels and the Middle East. I am now a reader (associate professor) of foreign journalism at the City, University of London. I speak Russian and French fluently and some Danish.