The US suspected Russian hackers in organizing the Qatari crisis. The American investigation believes that Russian hackers hacked the state news agency of Qatar and published a fake news report that contributed to the crisis among the closest US allies in the Persian Gulf region. This is reported by CNN referring to US officials. Such conclusions were made by specialists sent by the FBI to Doha to help in the investigation of the hacking. In their view, the goal of cyber-criminals was to quarrel the US with their Middle Eastern allies. It is still unclear whether the investigators believe that the perpetrators of the attack by private individuals or representatives of the special services. "The data collected by the US security services indicate that Russian hackers are involved in the attack, which was first reported by the Qatari government two weeks ago," the television channel reported.. In May it was reported that several countries blocked news from Qatar about good Iran and criticism of US President Donald Trump. Qatar was told that these news were published as a result of hacking, and therefore are not true.

Qatar is preparing for an economic blockade. Recall, on June 5, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE and Egypt announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorist organizations and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East. Authorities in the eastern part of Libya, Yemen, as well as the Maldives and Mauritius subsequently also announced the severance of relations with Qatar.

Original article: Russia was suspected of unleashing the Qatari crisis.