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Beaten Twice In Ukraine, Russia’s Elite 1st Guards Tank Army Is Poised To Attack Yet Again
Destroyed tanks from the Russian 1st Guards Tank Army around Chernihiv in early 2022. Via social media The Russian army apparently is repositioning heavy forces in advance of a widely-anticipated wint...
In This Russian Battalion, The Tanks Don’t Work And The Commander Is A Drunk Pyromaniac
A mostly non-working T-72 apparently belonging to the 2nd Motor Rifle Division. Via social media As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds into its 11th month, the Russian army’s tanks are in bad shape....
Russia Has A Plan For Pinning Down Ukraine’s Super-Upgraded M-55S Tanks
The 47th Assault Brigade’s M-55Ss. Via social media The Ukrainian army’s new 47th Assault Brigade is up-armoring its super-upgraded, ex-Slovenian M-55S tanks as the unit apparently prepares to r...
What to make for Christmas dinner? It depends on where you live
People traveling abroad this Christmas may not find their favorite holiday food on the menu. That’s because traditional holiday fare varies around the world. To see who’s eating what this ...
Russia And Belarus Keep Threatening To Reinvade Ukraine. It’s A Very Stupid Idea.
A Ukrainian tank opens fire. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Eight months ago Russian forces rolled south from Belarus, crossing the border with Ukraine and widening Russia’s nearly decade-old war on...
Putin’s Vengeance Missiles Rain Down On Kyiv
KYIV, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 10: A screen grab taken from a surveillance camera shows an explosion rocked … [+] a bridge in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv on Octobe...
Nobel Peace Prize Honors Human Rights Campaigners In Russia, Ukraine And Belarus
Topline Human rights advocates and organizations in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, praising their efforts to sp...
Hackers Offer to Sell Belarus President Lukashenko’s Passport as NFT – Bitcoin News
Anti-government hackers have attempted to sell what they say is an NFT of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s passport. The members of the ‘Belarusian Cyber Partisans’ collective claim to have ob...
The other reason why food prices are rising
The United Nations’ worst-case scenario calculation is that global food prices will rise by an additional 8.5% by 2027. More expensive fertilizers are contributed to those higher costs, with som...
Belarus Issues International Arrest Warrant for Owner of Country’s ‘Largest Crypto Exchanger’ – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Law enforcement officials in Minsk are seeking international assistance to locate and detain the man who ran what is said to be the biggest online exchanger for cryptocurrencies in Belarus. The crypto...
Techies From Russia, Belarus, Find Solace In Uzbekistan. Can They Attract Western Outsourcers?
Machine coding symbols on a wall at the headquarters of Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab in … [+] Moscow. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images It’s a terrib...
Russia Is in Topsy-Turvy World Where Belarus Tops German Exports
(Bloomberg) — Russian efforts to rewire trade flows and bypass sanctions for the war in Ukraine can’t make up for the collapse in imports that’s crippling its economy. Most Read from Bloomberg O...
HPE Winds Up Russia and Belarus Operations, HPE Stock Down over 6% in Pre-Market Trading
HP’s ability to maintain impressive performance amidst market volatility is an assurance of a stronger company as the years unfold. Shares of computer hardware company Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE...
Belarus Chief Investigator Reveals Country Have Seized Millions of Dollars in Crypto
Belarus’s Investigative Committee head, Dmitry Gora, told in an interview about the challenges that they first faced while trying to figure out how to seize cryptocurrencies when the assets were first...
Belarus boosts economy restrictings by confiscating millions of dollars in crypto
Dmitry Gora, the director of Belarus’ investigative committee, told the country’s top officials that they are having a problem with how to seize cryptocurrencies. The digital assets were first used in...
Belarus Has Seized Millions of Dollars in Crypto, Chief Investigator Claims – Bitcoin News
Authorities in Belarus have mastered the seizure of cryptocurrencies, the head of the country’s Investigative Committee revealed in a recent interview. The high-ranking law enforcement official claims...
Exmo A Leading Eastern European Marketplace Sells A Corporation In Russia As Well As Belarus
As Western countries continue to increase sanctions over the ongoing war in Ukraine, crypto enterprises operating in the Russian market are facing increasing limitations, some of which are targeted at...
Leading Eastern European Exchange Exmo Sells Business in Russia, Belarus – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Exmo, a U.K.-based crypto exchange with extensive presence in Eastern Europe, is pulling out of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The trading platform, Exmo.com, says it’s making the move to avoid jeopa...
Belarus Adopts Legal Procedure for Seizure of Illicit Cryptocurrency – Regulation Bitcoin News
Implementing a recently signed presidential decree, the government of Belarus has introduced a procedure allowing the state to seize digital currency holdings. The move will grant law enforcement auth...
Wimbledon Bans Russian And Belarusian Tennis Players — Here’s Who’s Affected
Topline Two of the world’s top tennis players—Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka—will be banned from Wimbledon this year after the famed British grand slam tournament organizers announced Wednesday t...
Exmo Trading Platform Stops Services in Russia, Belarus & Kazakhstan
Cryptocurrency trading platform Exmo has announced it will stop serving traders and customers from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. The move comes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine which has l...
Crypto firm Exmo exits Russia and Belarus by selling part of its business
London-based cryptocurrency exchange Exmo is the latest crypto trading platform to formally suspend its business in Russia and Belarus due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Exmo is selling its digital ...
EU restricts crypto services to tighten sanctions against Russia and Belarus
TL;DR Breakdown The European Union has imposed another round of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus as the Ukraine crisis prevails. The EU has extended the sanctions to prevent possible sanction ...
EU Tightens Crypto Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus
The European Union introduced another round of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus as the conflict with Ukraine escalated. The European Union extended prohibitions on deposits to crypto wallets, ...
Russian Units Forced Back To Russia And Belarus To Reorganize And Resupply,’ U.K. Defense Ministry Says
Topline Russian units suffering “heavy losses” in Ukraine have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to “reorganize and resupply” as logistical problems continue to plague Moscow’s offensive, th...
Bloomberg Announces Suspension of Operations in Russia and Belarus
Bloomberg LP, a privately help software, data, and media company, has recently announced the suspension of the company’s operations in Russia and Belarus over the Ukraine war. According to the details...
Belarus Grants Asylum To California Man Wanted By FBI For Alleged Role In Capitol Riots
Topline The government of Belarus has granted asylum to Evan Neumann, a California man wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol riots, a move that comes as Belarusian lea...
Rebel Forces In Belarus Have Partially Severed Railway Route Into Ukraine, Kyiv Says
Topline Rebel forces in Belarus have partially severed a railway connection between the country and Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in its daily operational report on Wednesday, signaling opp...
Will Belarus Lure Crypto Miners Amid Sanctions, Russia-Ukraine War?
While the Belarussian power grid, inherited from the USSR., has depreciated, its condition is not as critical as those in Kazakhstsan or Kosovo, BiXBiT’s Klentsov said. Theoretically, if there is a hu...
Japan Bans All Crypto Transactions From Russia and Belarus ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Tokyo orders 31 crypto exchanges to bar Russian transactions. The lone Asian G7 nation will impose a JPY1 Million fine or 3-year imprisonment for def...