Overview
- Officials said intelligence clearly ties the August 2024 breach of the air navigation provider to APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, acting under the GRU.
- Authorities attributed an influence effort labeled Storm 1516 to Russia and said it targeted the February 2025 vote using deepfakes, fabricated statements and pseudo-journalistic websites.
- Berlin summoned Ambassador Sergey Nechayev to deliver a formal protest over what it described as hybrid actions threatening national security.
- The government said it will back EU individual sanctions and, from January 2026, coordinated tracking of Russian diplomats’ cross-border movements within the Schengen area.
- The Interior Ministry confirmed ongoing investigations and cited the ZEAM unit’s role in detecting foreign manipulation, while Russia rejected the accusations as unfounded.