Federal Indictments for Russian Cyberattacks and Sabotage on America

A federal indictment was issued last week against the GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency, for cyberattacks and sabotage in America. The United States proved probable cause that the Russian Federation penetrated an airport in Missouri, and compromised drinking water and storage facilities in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana, and a meat packing plant in California and an oil and gas company in Colorado. The Texas attack caused an overflow of water. The Russian cyberattack against the meat packing plant in California caused meat spoilage and an ammonia leak. An oil and gas company in Colorado was attacked by the Russians, causing a depletion of its chemical supplies by injecting them into oil wells. Russia has been carrying out a cyberattack and sabotage campaign against Europe, especially since its full-scale aggression against Ukraine in 2022. Since 2014, the year Russia first committed aggression against Ukraine, the Russians have been engaged in political and election interference in both Europe and America through cyberattacks, bribery or illegal campaign contributions, sabotage, attacks on diplomats, as well as assassinations against Russian dissidents in exile. Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin, who has ruled for 25 years in one capacity or another, is a former Soviet intelligence agent who is trying to restore the Soviet Union and Russian Empire. Russia invaded the former Soviet Republics of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014 and has kept troops in a breakaway part of Moldova against that former Soviet Republic’s wishes, despite Russian recognition of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and other former Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.