U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Russia

During the RSA Conference, in San Francisco, California, the U.S. Department of State launched the  United States’ International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy: Towards an Innovative, Secure, and Rights-Respecting Digital Future .  Working with other federal agencies, the Department of State developed this strategy to guide international engagement on technology diplomacy and advance the  National Security Strategy   and  National Cybersecurity Strategy  . The strategy focuses on the concept of digital solidarity... Читать дальше...

SPEECH ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MOSCONE CENTER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MAY 6, 2024 SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Thank you.  Good afternoon, RSA Conference.  (Cheers and applause.)  Wonderful to be with all of you today.  And now we finally know what Ferris Bueller did on his day off.  (Laughter.)  To all of the cyber practitioners, the ...

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MAY 7, 2024 The Department of State is announcing a reward offer under the  Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP)  of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev for participating in, conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in transnational organized cybercrime as a leader of the ...

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MAY 3, 2024 The United States strongly condemns the malicious cyber activity by Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), also known as APT28, against Germany, Czechia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden. We join Germany in attributing specific malign activity carried out by APT28 that targeted a German political ...

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York May 2, 2024 AS DELIVERED AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome. I want to thank all of you for making this event a priority today, as well as thank the team here at USUN for bringing it to life. And in ...

U.S. Embassy Moscow Statement World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2024 Today’s observance of World Press Freedom Day is a particularly somber one in Russia, where freedom of the press is under constant assault. Authorities have shuttered dozens of outlets using fines and repressive legislation, censored thousands of websites, and persecuted journalists at a record ...

WHITE HOUSE April 13th, 2024 Earlier today, Iran—and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq—launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms. At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to ...

WHITE HOUSE APRIL 14, 2024 We, the Leaders of the G7, unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms Iran’s direct and unprecedented attack against Israel. Iran fired hundreds of drones and missiles towards Israel. Israel, with the help of its partners, defeated the attack. We express our full solidarity and support to Israel and its people ...

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 29, 2024 Today marks one year since Russia wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. To date, Russia has provided no evidence of wrongdoing for a simple reason: Evan did nothing wrong. Journalism is not a crime. In the year since Evan’s wrongful detention, Russia’s ...

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MARCH 25, 2024 The United States is today designating two individuals and 18 entities for operating in the financial services and technology sectors of the Russian Federation economy.  Many of today’s targets offer services to previously designated entities, including Russian financial institutions, or misuse virtual assets to enable sanctions ...