Russian Intelligence Says US, UK Actors May Be Responsible for SolarWinds Hack

LOCAL NEWS

• Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) denies it was behind the SolarWinds cyber-attack, noting that UK or US actors may have been involved instead given "similar tactics."
• EU Council extends restrictive measures against cyberattacks that threaten the EU or its member states, affecting citizens and organizations from Russia until May 18, 2022."
  • Framework allows the EU to impose targeted restrictive measures against individuals or organizations involved in cyber-attacks that have a significant impact and pose an external threat to the EU or its member states" – EU Council
• Vaccine hesitancy on the Rise in Russia as survey shows 42% of Russians polled refused to get the vaccine under any circumstances,
  • while 20% said they would get vaccinated to travel abroad & 18% said they'd get vaccinated anyway
• Court postpones start of Navalny extremism case until 09 June after additional documents were submitted by the prosecution.
• Navalny's lawyers said it was not clear why the trial was held behind closed doors, but may be due to personal information of police involved in dispersing protests