Author: Sam Clark

Georgia inaugurated its new president Sunday amid claims his controversial election was a sham. Mikheil Kavelashvili, a far-right firebrand and former footballer, was sworn in at a ceremony in the country’s parliament, consolidating the hold of the ruling pro-Russian Georgian Dream party on the levers of power in the South Caucasus country. After the ceremony, Kavelashvili praised Georgian “traditions, values, national identity, the sanctity of the family, and faith,” according to a BBC report. “Our history clearly shows that, after countless struggles to defend our homeland and traditions, peace has always been one of the main goals and values for…

TALLINN — On the eve of another European winter, one of Russia’s most skilled, stealthy hacking groups is targeting the Continent’s energy infrastructure. Sandworm, a group linked to Russian intelligence, has been hacking Ukrainian targets in recent years, but “we’re now seeing that they’re interested in the energy sector across Europe,” Jamie Collier, lead threat intelligence adviser at Google, told POLITICO.  “With the onset of winter, that’s clearly a concern,” Collier added. The Sandworm group is one of the Kremlin’s most notorious cyberthreats, often working in the shadows. Western intelligence previously tied the group to a 2015 attack that took…