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Max Seddon

@maxseddon
55 posts
2024-10-08
“The Russians are so nervous that complex electronics can be manipulated that they have a special institute to test western chips smuggled for use in missile and drone manufacturing. History shows that they are probably right to worry,” writes @crmiller1 https://www.ft.com/...
2024-10-08 View on X
Financial Times

Israel compromising Hezbollah pagers shows the West must take hardware security more seriously, especially as most electronics manufacturing has shifted to Asia

Chris Miller / Financial Times :

2024-03-12
Telegram's Pavel Durov avoids answering when asked his position on President Vladimir Putin or the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “Let's not go there,” he says, adding that it is “very important for the world to retain Telegram as a neutral platform”. https://www.ft.com/...
2024-03-12 View on X
Financial Times

An interview with Pavel Durov on running Telegram, which has ~50 full-time staff, its Dubai HQ, reaching 1B MAUs in 12-14 months, Russia, moderation, and more

As the messaging platform gears up for a potential stock market flotation, it is under pressure to curtail use by criminals

2024-02-05
Yandex, the company often referred to as “Russia's Google”, has agreed to sell its Russian operations in a cash-and-shares deal worth Rbs475bn ($5.2bn). It's the biggest exit deal by a western-held company so far since Russia invaded Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/...
2024-02-05 View on X
Bloomberg

Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including its popular search engine, to a group led by Yandex management in a deal valued at about $5.2B

- Dutch-registered firm reaches agreement to sell Russian unit  — Fallout from the war in Ukraine forced tech giant to split up

2023-11-13
Rocchi knew his ultimate customer was NPP Istok, which makes electronic warfare systems for the Russian military. Specialist microchips like Ommic's high-performance gallium nitride and gallium arsenide-integrated circuit boards are vital to defense manufacturers like Istok. [image]
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

Russia can't make advanced chips on the level of the west and Asia's. “It would be simply too expensive to produce it domestically and it would be militarily inconceivable to go without it,” says @crmiller1. Instead, the Kremlin's intelligence services smuggle them into Russia. [image]
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

As their yacht bobbed on the Mediterranean, the microchip executive snapped a picture of his Russian partner asleep on the deck. He only knew the Russian by his first name, Maxim. But he knew Maxim was using a shadowy network to get the chips for the Russian defense industry. [image]
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

“It didn't start with Ukraine. Russian intelligence plays a huge role in getting this sort of technology. They always have. This is what the Russians do.” Inside a Russian operation to smuggle microchips for Putin's war machine. With ⁦@xtophercook⁩ https://www.ft.com/...
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

France shut down Ommic this year and sold off its assets to a US chipmaker. But Istok — and Ermakov — are still active. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Istok has produced novel equipment for the Russian military - and used branches of the Ermakov network to source supplies. [image]
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

Today, Ommic has closed and Rocchi is awaiting trial in France, having been indicted in March. He denies charges of sending secrets to a foreign power that could harm the national interest, exporting dual-use goods to Russia, and submitting false documents. [image]
2023-11-13 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look inside a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

2023-11-12
Russia can't make advanced chips on the level of the west and Asia's. “It would be simply too expensive to produce it domestically and it would be militarily inconceivable to go without it,” says @crmiller1. Instead, the Kremlin's intelligence services smuggle them into Russia. [image]
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

Today, Ommic has closed and Rocchi is awaiting trial in France, having been indicted in March. He denies charges of sending secrets to a foreign power that could harm the national interest, exporting dual-use goods to Russia, and submitting false documents. [image]
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

Rocchi knew his ultimate customer was NPP Istok, which makes electronic warfare systems for the Russian military. Specialist microchips like Ommic's high-performance gallium nitride and gallium arsenide-integrated circuit boards are vital to defense manufacturers like Istok. [image]
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

As their yacht bobbed on the Mediterranean, the microchip executive snapped a picture of his Russian partner asleep on the deck. He only knew the Russian by his first name, Maxim. But he knew Maxim was using a shadowy network to get the chips for the Russian defense industry. [image]
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

“It didn't start with Ukraine. Russian intelligence plays a huge role in getting this sort of technology. They always have. This is what the Russians do.” Inside a Russian operation to smuggle microchips for Putin's war machine. With ⁦@xtophercook⁩ https://www.ft.com/...
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

France shut down Ommic this year and sold off its assets to a US chipmaker. But Istok — and Ermakov — are still active. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Istok has produced novel equipment for the Russian military - and used branches of the Ermakov network to source supplies. [image]
2023-11-12 View on X
Financial Times

An in-depth look at a covert Russian operation to get dual-use specialist microchips, which are protected by EU export controls, into the hands of the state

A rare look inside a covert Russian-led operation to get strategic technology protected by European export controls into the hands of the state

2023-08-10
Yandex founder Arkady Volozh: “Russia's invasion of Ukraine is barbaric, and I am categorically against it. I am horrified about the fate of people in Ukraine - many of them my personal friends and relatives - whose houses are being bombed every day.”
2023-08-10 View on X
Reuters

Yandex co-founder and former CEO Arkady Volozh says “Russia's invasion of Ukraine is barbaric”, as Yandex plans a Russian spin off from its Dutch parent company

Alexander Marrow / Reuters :

2023-04-08
A mysterious UK company in a terraced house in Enfield, London has sent $1.2bn in electronics to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine - and nearly $1bn of it is subject to export controls. 🤔 Fascinating story by @MilesMJohnson @xtophercook @NastyaStognei https://www.ft.com/...
2023-04-08 View on X
Financial Times

Customs data: London-based Mykines shipped ~$1.2B of chips, servers, and other electronics into Russia, at least $982M of which are subject to export controls

including mobile phones, laptops, circuit boards and semiconductors — to Russia since February 2022. https://www.ft.com/... Richard Shearman / @dickshearman : Sanctions UK style: ‘...

2023-03-27
Demand for ammunition has surged thanks to the war in Ukraine, but a Norwegian factory can't expand because a nearby TikTok data center has bagged all the electricity, reports ⁦@rmilneNordic⁩ https://www.ft.com/...
2023-03-27 View on X
Financial Times

Ammo maker Nammo says its growth is hit by a TikTok data center using all spare electricity, as energy demand from data centers and others grows in the Nordics

Norwegian group Nammo blames ‘storage of cat videos’ for threatening its growth as data centre corners spare electricity

2022-11-24
Vladimir Putin is expected to give his approval for tech giant Yandex's restructuring plan later today. Top official Alexei Kudrin will manage Yandex's Kremlin relationship and get an equity stake. One source called him a “super krysha - in a good sense” https://www.ft.com/...
2022-11-24 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Yandex seeks Putin's assent for restructuring, including selling its Russian business and spinning off key global projects in edtech and other sectors

a term denoting high-level political protection, two people said. He is set to meet Putin today — scooop @maxseddon⁩ https://www.ft.com/... Max Seddon / @maxseddon : Vladimir Putin...

2022-07-16
“The consequences for legal investigations is that it is very difficult to verify the content. And how will investigators request information if they don't know it ever existed?” https://www.ft.com/...
2022-07-16 View on X
Financial Times

Experts say archiving content from TikTok is challenging and urge the platform to preserve and provide access to content for war crime investigations in Ukraine

The Chinese-owned video app is a trove of digital intelligence that lawyers are attempting to mine and archive