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Russia tops Internet attack traffic list
Argentina Star
Thursday 29th July, 2010
(ANI)
Russia experiences the maximum Internet attack traffic, such as phishing and spam, in the world, according to a study.
With 12 percent of attack traffic, Russia has topped the list that features over 200 countries.
According to the data, from network giant Akamai, the United States stands at second position with 10 percent of such traffic.
At the third spot is China with 9.1 percent of attack traffic, reports the BBC.
Rounding up at fourth and fifth position is Taiwan and Brazil with 6.1 and 6 percent of such traffic.
Akamai delivers between 15 to 30% of all internet traffic.
In the first quarter of this year, over 487 million unique IP addresses from 233 countries or regions connected to its network.
Global percentage of attack traffic is as follows:
1. Russia 12pct
2. US 10pct
3. China 9.1pct
4. Taiwan 6.1pct
5. Brazil 6.0pct
6. Italy 4.4pct
7. Germany 3.9pct
8. Romania 3.2pct
9. Japan 2.9pct
10. Poland 2.4pct (ANI)
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| By Anonymous, 07-30-10, 09:22 AM |
Russia tops Internet attack traffic listEconomic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina. She told reporters after a government budget meeting that the expected privatizations are a way for us to influence the structure of the economy.
The government is counting on foreign investors to help it privatize an estimated $29 billion in assets to reduce the state’s excessive presence in the economy, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said Thursday.
Stakes in 11 state-run companies will be offered starting next year, and the sales will proceed even if state revenues outpace expectations, Nabiullina said during a government meeting on budget plans.
What’s up for grabs
Company Current
State Stake, % Planned Stake Sale, %
Transneft 78.10 27.10
Sberbank 60.30 9.30
VTB 85.50 24.50
Rosneft 75.16 24.16
Rosselkhozbank 100.00 49.00
Federal Grid Co.79.11 28.11
RusHydro 60.38 9.38
Sovkomflot 100.00 25.00
Rosagrolizing 99.99 N/A
Rosspirtprom 100.00 N/A
United Grain Company 100.00 N/A
Sources: Finance Ministry, company data
The timing and size of the sales — the largest since the controversial loans-for-shares privatizations in the mid-1990s — are still being discussed. But foreign investors said they were encouraged by the focus on restructuring the economy and raising funds, rather than just unloading property.
The privatizations should not just be a fiscal matter and not so much oriented toward raising funds for the budget, although that’s also important. … They are in large part a way for us to influence the structure of the economy, Nabiullina told reporters following the meeting.
Any changes to the list of companies will be made before a draft budget is submitted to the State Duma, she said.
Nabiullina conceded that the government has not yet arrived at a revenue forecast for the sales, although she said the Economic Development Ministry expected earnings of 600 billion to 700 billion rubles ($19.9 billion to $23.2 billion) from 2011 to 2013.
Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who is usually more conservative than Nabiullina in his forecasts, estimated privatization revenues at 883 billion rubles ($29.3 billion) during a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday — a figure that Vedomosti estimated could eventually become two times higher.
The Finance Ministry presented an updated list of companies Thursday, which dropped Russian Railways and the Mortgage Lending Agency, or AIZhK. The state will maintain controlling stakes of at least 50 percent plus one share in all of the companies.
Investors and analysts said the discrepancies in the ministries' estimates and shuffling of the list were natural and would likely persist as the government refines its plan toward the end of the year.
It is very difficult to predict privatization revenues, especially when the market constantly changes and you do not know whether you will actually sell your stake and at what price, said Liam Halligan, chief economist at Prosperity Capital Management.
The ministries did not have enough time to discuss the details, and media coverage has added hype to the sales, said Yaroslav Lissovolik, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Russia.
Despite the lack of firm plans, analysts welcomed the movement toward privatization, calling it a positive sign for Russia’s investment climate and the overall economic situation. OF COURSE, PRIVATIZATION (ROBBERY OF STATE ASSETS ARE ALWAYS A POSITIVE SIGN FOR BANKERS ESPECIALLY WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS).
In general, privatization is a good thing for Russia. … I absolutely believe that the government wants to lower its stake in the Russian economy. There have been lurches and some regress, of course, but overall, over the past 10 years, the state has been stepping back, Halligan said. PR!IVATIZATION IS A GOOD THING FOR RUSSIA? WELL, ANYTHING THAT ALLOWS BANKERS TO ROB IS A GOOD THING FOR THEM.
The economic crisis left the government with a much broader presence in the economy and influence on the market. State banks helped industry refinance its debt to foreign lenders and even purchased shares on the open market to help support plummeting stock prices.
Those measures, which helped avert a deeper economic fall, were generally welcomed by the market as a temporary digression from the government’s path toward a reduced role in the economy.
The main question now, analysts say, is whether the state will break its habit of maintaining control over the country’s largest corporations. IT IS ALWAYS THE DEJA VU LIES.
Overall this [privatization] is positive for private investors, but some uncertainty remains, as the government plans to retain controlling stakes in these companies, Marina Shestakova, deputy chief investment officer on listed assets at Wermuth Asset Management, told The Moscow Times. ROBBERY OF STATE ASSETS IS POSITIVE FOR PRIVATE INVESTORS. THERE WILL BE MORE OVERPRINTED WORTHLESS FIAT PAPER MONEY IN USD AND EURO TO COME FLOODING INTO RUSSIA WITH THE HELP OF COMPROMISED ELEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OWNERSHIP OF RUSSIA’S KEY INDUSTRIES.
Investors also fear that dumping large stakes on the market could negatively affect prices for companies that are already traded. And while some of the 11 companies on the list might still be removed, the importance of the privatization message would not be diminished, Halligan said.
The $29 billion is an unrealizable sum for the domestic market, Shestakova said. So the Russian government will have to attract foreign investors. RUSSIA IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF NATURAL GAS AND OIL IN THE WORLD AND HAS MORE THAN 500 BILLION EUROS AS RESERVES. THE $29 BILLION IS AN UNREALIZABLE SUM??? RUSSIA IS A NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER. IT DOES NOT NEED TO RAISE FUNDS (A FORM OF ROBBERY BY WESTERN BANKERS)! THE GOVERNMENT CAN JUST PRINT MONEY. WHO NEEDS BANKERS ESPECIALLY THE BANKRUPTED WESTERN BANKERS FOR MONEY?
But it would be oriented toward Asia, and not the U.S. or Europe. Maybe China or India, she said. THIS WOMAN IS CLUELESS OR PRETENDS TO BE CLUELESS. ASIAN BANKS ARE ACTUALLY THE BACKDOORS OF THE WESTERN BANKERS TO ROB THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND RUSSIA. THE WAR FOR CONTROL IS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS AND THE BANKERS REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.
But for foreigners to come, Russia will need to work on improving its investor climate, analysts agreed. Bringing clarity to its taxation plans for natural resources companies and increasing transparency would be a good start. YES, BANKERS WANT CLARITY TO TAXATION. THEY WANT NO TAX FOR BANKERS AND LOTS OF TAXES FOR THE PEOPLE. BANKERS WANT TRANSPARENCY FROM GOVERNMENTS BUT DISLIKE TRANSPARENCY FROM BANKERS. IT IS ONE WAY ROBBERY.
Foreigners would not want to invest in companies where it is unclear how money is spent, Shestakova said. RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE RICH COUNTRIES NOW. WHO NEEDS BANKRUPTED WESTERN BANKERS AND THEIR MULTINATIONALS TO INVEST!
The government looks determined to make the sales happen, which will mean finding a way to ease investors' concerns, Lissovolik said.
The need for additional sources of financing is strong, so they will not pull back, he said. WE DON’T NEED FINANCING WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS)! HAVE THE BANKERS CHEW THE MONEY!
THE WESTERN BANKERS (JEWS) HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN DIVIDING THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. THEY ALSO HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN DIVIDING THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. ACTUALLY AND STRUCTURALLY SPEAKING, THE GOVERNMENT OF THESE 2 RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DIVIDED INTO 2 CAMPS. THE FIRST CAMP CONSISTS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (COMMONLY BEING THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AND THE SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND THE COUNTRY) WHO TRULY SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR PEOPLE. THE OTHER CAMP CONSISTS OF CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE SERVING THE INTERESTS OF BANKERS ESPECIALLY WESTERN BANKERS (MAINLY THE COMMERCE MINISTRY AND THE FINANCE MINISTRY BUT ALL THE OTHER MINISTRIES SUCH AS THE AGRICULTURE MINISTRY, THE INDUSTRY MINISTRY, AND THE COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY ARE TO SOME EXTENT CORRUPTED AS WELL).
TOO MANY TIMES, KEY PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT ARE PAID AND/OR HIRED TO DEFECT AND/OR WORK FOR BANKERS AFTER LEAVING OR WHILE ACTIVE IN THE PUBLIC SECTORS.
NAMES OF SUCH PEOPLE WERE ZUMRUD RUSTAMOVA AND SERGEY SYSOEV.
DON’T EVEN ALLOW PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION BECAUSE THE BANKERS WILL CORRUPT STATE OFFICIALS AND BANKRUPT YOUR STATE ENTERPRISES AFTER FINISHING THE ROBBERY TO SELL THE GOVERNMENT THE IDEA OF FULL PRIVATIZATION. BY ALLOWING THEM THE FOOTHOLD IN THE ENERGY SECTOR (TRANSNEFT, FEDERAL GRID CO., RUSHYDRO, ETC.), BANKING SECTOR (SBERBANK, VTB, ROSSELKHOZBANK, SOVKOMFLOT AKA SCF GROUP, ETC.), AND FOOD PRODUCTION SECTOR (ROSAGROLIZING, UNITED GRAIN COMPANY, ROSSPRITPROM, ETC.) THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IS VERY WELL GOING TO BE SUBVERTED INTERNALLY. RUSSIA MAY BE THE MILITARY AND NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER (MAKING MILITARY INVASION IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN) BUT THE BANKERS ARE A GREATER THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT. ALLOWING THE BANKERS TO INFILTRATE INTO ALL STATE ENTERPRISES ESPECIALLY THE KEY SECTORS MENTIONED ABOVE THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING BIG TROUBLE FOR ITSELF. ONCE INFILTRATED, THEY WILL ENGINEER SOCIAL CHAOS TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT. GM CROPS AND TRANSGENIC LIVESTOCKS (GM LIVESTOCKS) WILL VERY WELL BE ON THEIR WAY TO THE DINING TABLES OF ALL RUSSIANS.
THE PRIME MINISTER PUTIN NEEDS TO *CONTAIN* THE OTHER CAMP INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT WHO SERVE THE BANKERS AND THE MULTINATIONALS BY SETTING TRAPS. THE PM NEEDS TO PAY THE MILITARY, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THE LOYAL GOOD GOVERNMENT CAMP TO DO THEIR JOBS. HAVE THE FSB MONITOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE CAMP SERVING THE BANKERS AND THE MULTINATIONALS. HAVE THE FSB MONITOR THE MEDIA AS WELL. |
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