Tag: sabotage

Giving Slovak jets, air defence to Kyiv was sabotage, new government says

(Reuters) – The Slovak government has asked police to investigate the former cabinet and defence minister Jaroslav Nad for donating fighter jets and an air defence system to Ukraine to help it defend against Russia’s invasion, a government official said on Friday. The new government under the leadership of Robert Fico made a sharp policy […]

Poland to Curb Russian Diplomat Movements Due to Sabotage Fears

(Bloomberg) — Poland has decided to curb movement of Russian diplomats living on its territories amid rising concern over alleged sabotage operations. Most Read from Bloomberg The decision stems from “the participation of the Russian state in the hybrid war against the European Union, including Poland,” Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Brussels on […]

Poland arrests sabotage suspects and warns of potential hostile acts by Russia

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that three people were recently arrested on suspicion of links to foreign-sponsored sabotage, adding to nine others already under arrest. Tusk was speaking at a weekly news conference about what steps his government was taking to protect Poland against hostile activity, including incidents with […]

Germany Arrests Alleged Russian Spies Planning Sabotage

(Bloomberg) — German authorities arrested two men suspected of spying for Russia and membership of a terror group planning acts of sabotage, in a case the interior minister called “particularly serious.” Most Read from Bloomberg The Federal Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe named the pair of German-Russian citizens as Dieter S. and Alexander J. and said […]

Elon Musk visits Tesla plant outside Berlin after sabotage attack

Tesla boss Elon Musik arrived in Germany on Wednesday for a short visit to the electric carmaker’s only European plant, located just outside of Berlin, about a week after an attack on the site’s electricity supply. Production at Tesla’s so-called “giga-factory” in the town of Grünheide was brought to a standstill for several days due […]

Elon Musk visits Tesla plant outside Berlin after sabotage attack

Tesla boss Elon Musik arrived in Germany on Wednesday for a short visit to the electric carmaker’s only European plant, located just outside of Berlin, about a week after an attack on the site’s electricity supply. Production at Tesla’s so-called “giga-factory” in the town of Grünheide was brought to a standstill for several days due […]

The Political Sabotage of Nuclear Power

Illustration: Lex Villena Once upon a time, America embraced nuclear power as the future of energy. Today it accounts for a mere 18 percent of the nation’s electricity generation, while fossil fuels remain dominant at 60 percent. Why did nuclear fail to take off?  From 1967 to 1972, the nuclear sector experienced significant growth, and […]

Estonia detains 10 people suspected of committing sabotage on orders from Russia

HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. Among the suspects — detained between December and February — are individuals believed to have broken […]