Asia’s Hunger For Energy Will Not Save Russia’s Economy

OSAKA, JAPAN – JUNE 28: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Indian Prime Minister … [+] Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) pose for a group photo prior t...

Moscow Authorities Detain A Brit For Consulting North Korea On Crypto

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage What – In a new development, the Moscow Bureau of Interpol arrested and detained a British citizen Christopher Emms for conspirac...

The Growing Cash Pile in Moscow That Investors Can’t Touch

(Bloomberg) — Billions of dollars are accumulating in Moscow beyond the reach of its foreign owners. Most Read from Bloomberg Stock dividends, interest payments on bonds and anything else that W...

British citizen who helped North Korea evade US sanctions via crypto arrested in Moscow

Ad British national Christopher Douglas Emms — wanted by the FBI for allegedly helping the North Korean government evade U.S. sanctions via crypto — was arrested in Moscow by the Russian bureau of Int...

Briton detained in Moscow may have crypto links to North Korea 

A British man allegedly linked to North Korea evading sanctions using crypto has been detained in Moscow. North Korean ties could lead to a 20 year sentence Christopher Emms, a 31-year-old British cit...

Brit who consulted North Korea on crypto reportedly detained in Moscow

The Moscow bureau of Interpol detained a British national charged by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ). The man is accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on North Korea.  Accordin...

Xi Jinping Reportedly Planning Moscow Trip As U.S. Claims China Might Offer ‘Lethal’ Aid To Russia

Topline Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning his first trip to Moscow since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a twelve months ago to promote peace talks and urge the Kremlin to avoid usi...

Economists say Moscow and Putin won’t drain war chest any time soon

Men wearing military uniform walk along Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on February 13, 2023. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images The coming months will be crit...

Bitzlato Co-Founder Released After Arrest in Moscow, Pledges Relaunch of Seized Exchange

At the same time, he said the team was proactive about catching potentially criminal use of the exchange and from time-to-time even browsed the Hydra darknet marketplace in search of Bitzlato users. W...

Russia’s Oil Flows Slump to 2022-Low as Sanctions Squeeze Moscow

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s crude shipments slid to the lowest for 2022 in the final four weeks of the year as sanctions crimped Moscow’s exports. Cargoes bound for China, India and Turkey, whi...

If Russia Is This Bad At Conventional Warfare, What Does That Tell Us About Its Nuclear Posture?

Russia’s military performance in Ukraine has proven to be, in the words of the Economist’s year-end edition, “spectacularly incompetent.” Western observers have noted major deficiencies in intelligenc...

Ukraine’s Drones Keep Hitting Russia’s Bomber Bases. Now Russian Missile Crews Are Getting Jumpy.

A Russian air force Su-27 in 2016. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian military on Dec. 29 apparently sent more explosives-laden drones to strike a Russian air force base outside Moscow. It was at least t...

Russian Jamming Fails To Stop More Drone Attacks

Russia extended its attempts to jam satellite navigation systems after the drone attack on Engels Airbase on December 5th. Open-source data show a huge ‘bubble’ of jamming signals around Moscow and se...

Wanted Russian Parliament Member May Own a Crypto Broker in Moscow: Report

According to Dossier, an OTC called Bankoff is operating from an office owned by a company directed by Lugovoi’s wife, Ksenia. Bankoff appears to be the most active trader on Binance’s pee...

One Person Dies As Explosions And Fire Engulf Moscow Shopping Center

Russia firefighters battled a massive blaze overnight at the Mega Khimki in Moscow’s northern suburb … [+] of Khimki. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via...

Ukraine Has The Weapons To Attack Moscow, But Ukrainian Leaders Probably Know Better

A Ukrainian Tu-143 launches in 2014. Ukrainian defense ministry capture When Ukrainian drones struck a pair of Russian air force bomber bases more than 300 miles inside the Russian border, they didn’t...

A Fierce And Furious Russian Punkster In New York

Max Pokrovskiy of Nogu Svelo! at The Cutting Room, New York. September, 2022 Max Pokrovskiy Facebook Page Veteran rocker Max Pokrovskiy, leader of the popular Russian pop-punk rock band Nogu Svelo!, u...

Zelensky Urges World Leaders To Double Down On Russia And End War Now

Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders gathered at the Group of 20 summit in Bali to double down on Russia and push it to end its war now, upping the diplomatic ...

Russian Military Leaders Reportedly Discussed When And How Moscow Would Use Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine

Topline Russian military leaders have discussed how and when Moscow might deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, according to U.S. intelligence reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, adding to mount...

The number of Bitcoin ATMs increase in Moscow, Russia 

There has been rise of bitcoin ATMs in Russia’s capital as well as in the rest of the country  As per the reports there are over 30,000 Bitcoin Atms that are currently functional around the world...

Bitcoin ATMs Increase in Number in Moscow, Russia – Bitcoin News

The number of bitcoin ATMs has been on the rise in Russia’s capital and the rest of the country, a press report revealed this week. There is demand for the service as it offers easy access to cryptocu...

Rebellion In Iran And The Drone-Alliance With Putin: The Hidden Minefields

The ongoing unrest in Iran, having rumbled on for weeks, spikes afresh whenever the regime kills another young woman for ditching the hijab. Whither will it all go? Does it spell the end of the mullah...

Putin Finalizes Annexation As Ukraine Forces Russia Into Retreat On Southern Front Line

Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed legislation finalizing Moscow’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, pushing forward despite not controlling any of the four provi...

Ukraine Breaks Through More Occupied Territory As Moscow Attempts To Formalize Illegal Annexation

Topline Russian lawmakers pushed through the final procedural steps needed to annex seized Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, persisting despite Moscow not fully controlling any of the four regions it cl...

Putin Claims Four Ukrainian Regions As Russian In Illegal Annexation

Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday to illegally annex four occupied Ukrainian provinces, at an ceremony in Moscow, despite widespread international condemnation of the mov...

Economy flights from Moscow to Dubai hitting $5,000 as Russians flee

The airline industry has been hamstrung by a perfect storm of challenges over recent weeks, from labor shortages and supply disruptions to rising fuel prices. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images ...

Moscow Exchange Suggests Issuing Crypto Receipts 

MOEX has already filed the respective bill with the Central Bank of Russia DFA receipts can be traded as securities Unclear if regulators will allow their free circulation inside the country The Mosco...

Russian Central Bank Is Reviewing Moscow Exchange’s Draft Bill on Crypto: Report

After reconsidering its position on cryptocurrencies following the outbreak of the war, Russia is now looking to enable provisions for digital assets trading. Moscow Exchange, the largest exchange org...

Moscow Exchange drafting bill on digital financial assets and securities trading: Report

The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is drafting a bill to allow trading in digital financial assets (DFAs) and securities based on them, according to a report in the Russian press. The stock exchange is writin...

Moscow Exchange Suggests Issuing Crypto Receipts for Those Afraid of Blockchain – Exchanges Bitcoin News

The Moscow Exchange has proposed to legalize the issuance of receipts for digital financial assets. The trading platform says this will allow custodians to offer clients who are not ready for distribu...

Moscow Exchange Drafts Bill to Offer Digital Financial Assets and Securities Trading

According to local media reports, Russia’s Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX) is drafting a bill aimed at making digital assets available for trading on the stock exchange as securities and directly as digi...

Russian Oil Sanctions Back on the Table Amid Protests in Moscow and Rumors of One Million to be Mobelized – Trustnodes

Europe is moving to put a price cap on Russian oil amid protests in Moscow against the war while rumors are now circulating Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has ordered the mobilization of one millio...