Mike Eckel
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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US Company That Sold Software To Pentagon, Secret Service Lied About Russian Ownership, Officials Say (opens the original)
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A US company that provided surveillance and data-mining software to the Pentagon and other government agencies was in fact owned by a Russian company that also sold software to Russian spy agencies, US authorities charged. Oxygen Forensics chief executive -- Lee Reiber, 55, of Idaho – was arrested and released on bail on September 22, US prosecutors said. A Russian man -- Oleg Davydov, 52, of Moscow – was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport two days earlier, and US officials said they will see
A Quiet Ukrainian Counteroffensive, A 'Rout' For Russian Forces (opens the original)
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Sometime around late May, as Russia's all-out invasion neared the 4 1/2-year mark and the summer fighting season shifted into higher gear, Ukrainian commanders quietly ordered some of the country's most battle-hardened units into positions about 50 kilometers north of the Donetsk region city of Slovyansk. Mainly taken from Ukraine's Third Army Corps, the units confronted a bulge in the 1,100-kilometer front line where Russia's 20th Combined Arms Army had been grinding westward, pushing out from
It's Russia's First Parliamentary Vote Since Invading Ukraine. Don't Hold Your Breath. (opens the original)
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Last month, in Ryazan, a small city southeast of Moscow, the local affiliate of state-run Rossia TV hosted a televised debate for six local political candidates. All were running for seats in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in upcoming elections beginning later this week. The channel tried again the following day. The Ryazan event is one small window into Russia’s national mood, as the country holds its first national parliamentary elections since the 2022 launch of the all-o
The Kremlin Tries A New Weapon For Its War: The Relics Of A 14th-Century Saint (opens the original)
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The two Russian cadets stand solemnly, crossing themselves and bowing in front of the iconostasis of a small, newly built Orthodox chapel. A choral liturgy plays in the background. The Defense Ministry video depicting the ritual does not indicate exactly where the chapel is, only somewhere in the Siberian region of Novosibirsk. Nor does it say when the event occurred or who the men were. What the September 8 video does highlight is that the chapel is named for a 14th century canonized warrior pr
Behind The Hobbling Of Russia's Yabloko Party: A Swirl Of Legal Contortions (opens the original)
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At one point, during the eight-hour proceedings at Russia’s Supreme Court, arguments on whether to disqualify Russia’s oldest liberal political party turned to the copyright for a 64-year-old Soviet children’s song about peace, love, sunshine, and mommy. At another moment, lawyers homed in on a 1945 US Army photograph of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Still later, the discussion was about a famous Suprematist image dating back to the Russian Civil War. If you were asking what exactly th
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