"I am proud of being Russian": Russian programs got to the US Army applications - Reuters

Journalists found that a Russian -based company pays taxes to the Russian Federation, although it issues itself for an American firm. The Russian company Pushwoosh has been in the US Army applications, which Reuters writes. The publication reports that at the Center for Control and Disease Prevention (CDC), the main thing was stated that they were deceived. Yes, the CDC deleted the software of this company from seven public programs. He was considered dangerous. This was stated in the US Army.

They also decided to get rid of the Pushwoosh code. It is reported that it was used by military personnel of one of the main military-educational bases of the United States. Journalists write that, as they say in the official documents of the company, Pushwoosh headquarters is located in Novosibirsk. The company is registered as a software developer. It is also registered by the Russian Federation for taxes.

At the same time, at official accounts on social networks, the company publishes itself for an American developer firm. Pushwoosh founder Max Konev told reporters that the company did not try to hide its Russian origin. "I am proud that I am a Russian and would never hide it," he told Reuters to reporters. According to him, the firm is not related to the Russian government and stores its data in the US and Germany.

However, cybersecurity experts have stated that storage of data abroad would not be an obstacle to Russian special services to access them. In addition, the code written by this company is reported in a large number of programs sold in Appla and Google stores. Focus also reported that the EU has imposed sanctions against FSB staff who poisoned the Navalny found Bellingcat.

The EU publication emphasizes that the Russian Federation did not respond to international calls to conduct a thorough and open investigation into the attempt of murder of Navalny. We will also remind that in the United States decided to partially weaken sanctions against Russia. According to the US Ministry of Finance, the restrictions have decided to weaken companies that would allow the states to ensure the safety of civil aviation flights.