Zhdanov: The surge in crime in Ukraine is associated with the free distribution of weapons to the civilians
5 June 2022. Yury Zhdanov, President of the International Police Association Russian Section, Lieutenant General, Doctor of Law on the growth of armed attacks in Ukraine.
Yury Zhdanov on international cooperation between law enforcement agencies during sanctions
14 May 2022. Despite the sanctions and restrictions, Russian law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate with INTERPOL, said Yury Zhdanov, President of the All-Russian public organisation ‘International Police Association Russian Section’, Doctor of Law.
Yury Zhdanov: Economic sanctions violate ordinary Russians’ rights
29 April 2022. The United States and its satellites have violated all human rights of Russian citizens. Violations of these rights were discussed in detail at the ‘Human Rights and Sanctions’ roundtable, which was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova.
Yury Zhdanov assessed the possibility of the USA disconnecting Russia from the Internet
29 April 2022. Against the background of the Ukrainian crisis, the West continues to inflict anti-Russian sanctions strikes affecting various areas. Cyberspace is no exception. In the USA, the possibility of disconnecting Russia from the Internet is being discussed. President of the All-Russian public organisation ‘International Police Association Russian Section’, Doctor of Law, Honoured Lawyer of Russia, Professor Lieutenant General Yury Zhdanov spoke on the prospects and risks of this step.
On the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation to withdraw from the International Association of Prosecutors
28 March 2022. President of the All-Russian public organisation ‘International Police Association Russian Section’, Doctor of Law, Honoured Lawyer of Russia, Lieutenant General Yury Zhdanov told RG whether it is possible to stop the new ‘brown plague’ and how to do it.
On the decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation to withdraw from the International Association of Prosecutors
23 March 2022. The decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia to withdraw from the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) will not affect the international legal cooperation of the Russian Federation on a bilateral basis and within other international organisations. This was reported to ‘RG’ by President of the All-Russian organisation ‘IPA Russian Section’, Honoured Lawyer of Russia Yury Zhdanov.
Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development
4 February 2022. At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir V. Putin visited China on 4 February 2022. The Heads of State held talks in Beijing and took part in the opening ceremony of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.
Chairman of the IPA Russian Section Expert Council Anatoly Kulikov on the new NATO strategy to deter Russia
19 January 2022. President of the Club of Military Leaders of the Russian Federation, Army General Anatoly Kulikov told how Russia may respond in connection with NATO’s enlargement to the East. The interview was conducted by Lieutenant General (retired) Alexander Mikhailov.
Yury Zhdanov assessed the versions of events in Kazakhstan: Who was behind the mutiny
17 January 2022. Pesident of the International Police Association Russian Section Yury Zhdanov analysed the versions of the background of events in Kazakhstan.
Avoiding nuclear war is in question: the United States is caught in a double game
6 January 2022. Yury Zhdanov: “Americans still think in terms of the Gorbachev-Yeltsin years”
Yury Zhdanov on the fight against corruption in the United States
25 December 2021. Yury Zhdanov spoke in an interview on the United States' new anti-corruption strategy.
Contract killings market has formed in the shadow segment of the Internet
22 December 2021. We knew about contract killings before the ‘roaring 90s’ only from foreign detectives. And then we were overwhelmed by a wave of these terrible crimes. Today, killers began to be hired through the darknet – the gray Internet. There is an option ‘crime as a service.’ It is clear that this does not facilitate the investigation of contract killings.
Yury Zhdanov: In 2022, we need to prepare for the migration and cyberthreats growth
22 December 2021. Head of the International Police Association Russian Section Yury Zhdanov told in an interview about the damages caused by cybercriminals in 2021, how the migration situation in Russia would develop in 2022 and what new tricks to expect from IT fraudsters in the IT sector.
Yury Zhdanov commented on the situation with Dunaev being extradited to the United States
1 November 2021. Yury Zhdanov: Russia could not prevent detained in South Korea Dunaev from being extradited to the United States.
Far-right attitudes among German police officers are being examined
27 October 2021. In Germany, sociologists have come up with an unusual way to examine right-wing radical attitudes in the ranks of the German police. Questionnaires and surveys do not always show the truth (indeed, what a civil servant would openly admit to holding racist views?). So, scientists conduct their research directly in patrol groups of operatives.
New technologies may help recognise concealed weapons
26 October 2021. One dream of counterintelligence and security services from all over the world has become true. A system for recognising a concealed weapon has been developed. This was told to the ‘RG’ reporter by interlocutors in law enforcement.
Yury Zhdanov supported the signing of the Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence
26 October 2021. ‘The adoption of the Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence is the first step to regulate this Internet segment. But in the future it is necessary to provide for a regulator at the state level,’ Head of the IPA RS Yury Zhdanov told RIA Novosti.
Yury Zhdanov identified countries that benefited from the *Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan
29 September 2021. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan immediately triggered a struggle between neighbouring powers for the spheres of influence redistribution both in this destroyed by years of war country and throughout the region. The outcome of this struggle is very unclear.
Yury Zhdanov called the Taliban mafia: how to defeat the Afghan drug trafficking
25 September 2021. Will the new rulers of Afghanistan be able to develop not a ‘drug state’ but the legal economy?
Yury Zhdanov on the project of liability for inciters to ‘shootings’
23 September 2021. The Investigative Committee of Russia supported a bill introduced on 22 September in the wake of a shooting staged at Perm State University by one of the students. This was reported to Rossiyskaya Gazeta by the official representative of the ICR Svetlana Petrenko.
Participation in the XXV Forum of Modern Journalism ‘ALL RUSSIA-2021’
12-13 September 2021. President of the All-Russian public organisation ‘International Police Association Russian Section’ Yury Zhdanov took part in the XXV Forum of Modern Journalism ALL RUSSIA-2021.
What threats uncontrolled migration may pose to Russia
12 September 2021. The mass brawls have swept across Russia. They have occurred mainly between foreigners and prompted again both experts and ordinary citizens to resume the discussion about the pros and cons of migration.
Leadership of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists and the IPA Russian Section participated in a conference
On 10 September 2021, a conference organised by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Lipetsk region was held at Yelets State Ivan Bunin University.
Classifying propaganda of Nazism as extremism will stop its spread in the Russian Federation and in the world
7 September 2021. The initiative to amount the rehabilitation, justification and propaganda of Nazism to extremism will help to stop its spread. Which is happening today in Ukraine and the Baltic States, said Professor Yury Zhdanov, President of the International Police Association Russian Section.
American manoeuvre in Afghanistan
28 August 2021. The situation in Afghanistan is heating up day by day. President of the International Police Association Russian Section (IPA RS), Lieutenant General, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation Yury Zhdanov told what Russia and the world community should prepare for after the Taliban (a terrorist organisation banned in the Russian Federation) came to power in Afghanistan.
Yury Zhdanov: the *Taliban’s core may be agents recruited by the CIA
28 August 2021. Several *Taliban movement leaders were previously released from the US Guantanamo Bay prison. They were probably recruited by the CIA, - President of the International Police Association the Russian Section Yury Zhdanov told RIA Novosti.
Yury Zhdanov on dangers of the new American strategy in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the Western coalition forces
18 August 2021, The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is a strategic failure. The Hindu Kush is not the Balkans.
Yury Zhdanov: Strict gun legislation reduces the number of murders
4 August 2021. Innovations in the Russian weapons laws – an increase in the age limit, stricter rules for medical examination, tougher criminal penalties for illegal arms trafficking etc. – have caused a mixed reaction in society. The controversy about the need for free movement of weapons among the population has flared up with a new force. We have been talking about such freedom with varying degrees of intensity for three decades now.
The world community has become one step closer to the ‘cybercrime vaccine’
2 August 2021. Andrey Krutskikh, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation on Information Security, Director of the Department of International Information Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Airat Khamidullin, Third Secretary of the Department of International Information Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on Russia's efforts to develope a practical international mechanism for countering cybercrime.
Pyotr Gorodov: The world lacks enough tools to combat cybercrime
28 July 2021. A member of the IPA Supervisory Board, Deputy Prosecotor General of the Russian Federation Pyotr Gorodov told in an interview with RIA Novosti about the innovations that Russia offers. According to him, the document, in particular, proposes to expand the list of cybercrimes, including the rehabilitation of Nazism, distribution of counterfeit medicines and arms trafficking.
Yury Zhdanov: ECHR can be used as a platform for expressing positions
22 July 2021. President of the International Police Association Russian Section (IPA RS), Lieutenant General, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation Yury Zhdanov commented on the first ever interstate complaint of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Ukraine on the events of 2014:
Yury Zhdanov on dangerous trends of political fakes
14 July 2021. Police officers in many countries faced a very common problem – large-scale disinformation. It would seem that this phenomenon is normal and familiar for detectives – crime always resorts to lies, the investigation of a crime is always the exposure of deception. But this time the deception comes not from criminals or terrorists but from politicians. And it undermines trust between police officers from different countries, makes it difficult and even impossible for them to cooperate with each other.
Is it possible to fight crime without fighting it?
International cybercrime was discussed in Saint-Petersburg
1 June 2021. Saint Petersburg Mining University hosted an international conference ‘Cybersecurity and Problems of Fighting New Types of Cybercrime’
Crime. For sale. As a service
27 May 2021. Modern technologies seem to have played a cruel joke on humanity – the shadow economy dominated by the cyber mafia is gradually replacing the legal economy.
Security officials from Russia, Israel and Moldova discussed the confrontation against cyber fraudsters in Volgograd
25 May 2021. Stop cybercrime: An international conference ‘COVID-19: Crime, Cybersecurity, Society, Police’ was held in the Battle of Stalingrad Museum’sHall of Triumph. The participants were representatives of the Russian law enforcement agencies, guests from the Post-Soviet and other foreign states.
Serbian military police veterans have created a new association
On 16 May 2021, the constituent assembly of military police veterans was held in Serbia, at which the establishment of a new veteran organisation - the Association of Military Police Veterans of Serbia was announced.
Yury Zhdanov: Mafia threatens the very existence of the European Union
12 May 2021. Organised crime is a danger no less serious than a pandemic. In Europe, they openly talk about the mafia threat not only for individual citizens or companies but also for the very existence of states.
Prosecutor General warned about the threatening growth of e-fraud
23 April 2021. Cyberfraud will soon become the dominant type of crime in Russia if its growth is not stopped, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov stated on Friday at a meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly.
Yury Zhdanov’s interview: Intellect with a master key
22 April 2021. Surprisingly, the international police community has become aware of the alleged increase in the level of transnational crime from the report of the US security services. The police and intelligence have seemingly different areas of interest. Some are fighting crime, others are hunting for state secrets.
The ABC of security: Cyberwar – is there a right to privacy in Germany?
2 April 2021. Working from home is a challenge that many residents of the country, the European Union and the world have faced in recent months. One of the most pressing issues that arose in this regard was not the topic of organising a workplace within one's own four walls but ensuring cybersecurity.
Yury Zhdanov commented on deepfakes
11 February 2021. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has announced a tender for the development of a computer system that would allow detecting so-called deepfakes. This is a new word in virtual reality – convincing fake videos. With the help of artificial intelligence, it is possible to simulate the presence of any person where they have never really been.
New article by Vladimir S. Ovchinsky and Yury N. Zhdanov
21 February 2021. According to the analysts of the World Economic Forum, cyber risks continue to be among the major global risks. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology.
Expert commented on the storming of the United States Capitol
7 January 2021. The storming of the Capitol building in the United States demonstrated reluctance and unwillingness of the police to protect key objects of the country, according to President of the International Police Association Russian Section Yury Zhdanov.
Machine Uprising
2 July 2020. The new post-coronavirus danger is fraught with greater economic or even geopolitical shocks for many countries, among them Russia. Cyber-pandemic is not just cyber frauds perpetrated by particular hackers. This is a global threat capable of wiping off digital technologies and bringing down the economy of countries which rely on those technologies. The era of copper phone lines, transistor receivers and tube TVs may actually come back.