EU Needs at Least 3 Years to Replace Russian Gas – Fitch Ratings International ratings agency Fitch has cast a stark assessment on EU efforts to replace Russian gas, warning that “would face a significant macro shock” if Moscow cut supplies altogether. “A sudden cessation is not Fitch’s base case but is a risk… Supply and infrastructure constraints mean it could take the EU more than three years to offset a full loss of Russian gas supply,” Fitch stated. Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic - all of whom opposed a ban on Russian gas - would be at most risk, the agency added. Bulgaria, Poland and Finland have already had supplies cut after refusing to comply with ruble-payment demands. Subscribe to RT https://zen.yandex.ru/id/62b96bde16a1a04caab91052
Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker Garrett M. Graff Chad Hagen ON THE MORNING of December 30, the day after Barack Obama imposed sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 US election, Tillmann Werner was sitting down to breakfast in Bonn, Germany. He spread some jam on a slice of rye bread, poured himself a cup of coffee, and settled in to check Twitter at his dining room table. The news about the sanctions had broken overnight, so Werner, a researcher with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, was still catching up on details...