... of cyberattacks and
imposed new restrictive measures
as early as April 2021, it has taken a more differentiated approach. In May,
amid the attack on
Colonial Pipeline
that sparked a regional fuel crisis on the U.S. East Coast, American officials suggested that the miscreants might be based in Russia, while stressing that they did not believe the Russian government was involved. President Biden informed on his contacts with Moscow about the incident, in effect offering to discuss cooperation on combating cybercrime.
The successful conclusion ...
... Coordination Center (the NCIRCC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s US–CERT. However, the sides still harbor their concerns, pointing to the fact that there is room for cooperation to be fostered and enhanced. For example, most attacks on Russian infrastructure in 2020, the NCIRCC suggests, were carried out from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands. By the same token, the Western media continues to level mostly unsubstantiated accusations against Russia for its supposed involvement in cyberattacks, while cyber defence activities ...
... basic document would be adopted anyway. It’s great that the sessions were broadcast live right before the adoption of the final document. And one could observe the dynamics in the negotiations between states. For example, Andrey Krutskikh, head of the Russian delegation, suggested adopting the report, while publishing part [on which there was no consensus reached] as a separate document on behalf of the Chair of the OEWG. After his speech, it was possible to see which delegations supported this idea. In the end, all sensitive ...
... is especially disappointing. Still, we should recognize that the recent agreement through negotiations of the UN Open Ended Working Group is a positive step forward, in spite of the global trend towards escalating tensions, especially those between Russia, China and the U.S.
We have two negotiating platforms, the GGE and the OEWG. What do you think about such co-existence?
We appreciate the history and the genesis of these two parallel processes, however, I should say it is now time that we combined the two formats to create a single negotiating forum under the ...
... launch work in June 2019. Its chief task will be to continue to develop norms, rules and principles of the responsible behaviour of states in the information space and consider the issue of the applicability of international law to the ICT environment. Russia believes that the previous UN GGE with limited representation is no longer workable and a new level of interaction on matters of information security must be reached. The resolution proposes making the negotiating process more democratic so that it can be truly open, inclusive and ...
