A Ukrainian army 2S7 howitzer in action. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Despite a deluge of Western support for Ukraine over the 10 months of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian army still ha...
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United Kingdom Takes A Stance Against Corruption And Other Crimes
On December 9, 2022, U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced sanctions against several individuals and entities involved in corruption, conflict-related sexual violence and human rights abuses...
Russia’s Shadowy Mercenary Air Force Is Losing More And More Jets In Ukraine
A Russian air force Su-24M in 2009. Alexander Mishin photo via Wikimedia Commons The Sukhoi Su-24M supersonic bomber that was shot down and crashed practically on top of Ukrainian positions outside Ba...
Did The Russians Sabotage Ukraine’s Neptune Missiles?
The Ukrainian navy’s first Neptune battery. Wikimedia Commons The Neptune anti-ship missile was one of Ukraine’s secret weapons. Developed in fits and starts and completed just weeks before Russ...
Bank of Russia Acts to Protect Crypto Companies Against Sanctions
The Central Bank of Russia has introduced a course of action aimed at protecting companies dealing with digital assets against the pressure of sanctions. CBR Offers Relief to Crypto Companies, Albeit ...
Bank of Russia Warns on Wartime Labor Shortages, Holds Rates
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s central bank delivered its strongest warning yet that the Kremlin’s call-up of men to fight in Ukraine is leaving the economy deprived of workers and could put pressure on...
Ukraine Deradicalized Its Extremist Troops. Now They Might Be Preparing A Counteroffensive.
A 98th Azov Battalion M-113. Via social media The narrative the Kremlin advances to justify its brutal war on the Ukrainian people—that Ukraine is a far-right Nazi regime bent on destroying Russia—is ...
Brittney Griner Says She Will Play In WNBA This Season After Returning Home From Russia
Topline In Brittney Griner’s first statement since being freed from a Russian prison through a prisoner swap, the basketball star called for the release of Paul Whelan, who is also detained in the cou...
Bank of Russia stands against free crypto investment
Russia’s central bank is ready to consider allowing cryptocurrency use within the country, but only as part of a legal experiment, said governor Elvira Nabiullina. “It’s possible to consider transacti...
Ukraine Crisis Highlights Security Needs Of Civilian Nuclear Power
Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, … [+] 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant loca...
Russia Launches Massive Attack—9 Ukraine Power Stations Damaged
Topline Russia has launched a massive wave of missile attacks across Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, forcing civilians to seek shelter and knocking out power, water supplies and critical ...
Bank of Russia eases digital assets platforms supervision to beat sanctions
The Central Bank of Russia has enacted measures to shield digital asset-using enterprises from sanctions pressures. Russian authorities will excuse these enterprises from some reporting requirements a...
Bank of Russia Moves to Safeguard Crypto Companies Against Sanctions – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Central Bank of Russia has introduced measures to protect entities working with digital assets from sanctions pressures. These businesses will be exempted from some reporting requirements as part ...
With GPS-Guided Munitions, Ukraine’s Pilots Could Hit The Russians Almost 100-Percent Of The Time
A U.S. Air Force airman loads JDAMs on a Boeing B-52 bomber. U.S. Air Force photo The U.S. Defense Department reportedly plans to equip the Ukrainian air force with satellite-guided bombs. The Pentago...
Germany’s Formal Buy of F-35s Raises a Pressing Question; Can Lockheed Martin Deliver the Airplanes on Time?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) stands in front of an F-35 stealth jet at the International … [+] Aerospace Exhibition (ILA). (Photo by Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/p...
Energy Secretary Sees Huge Economic Opportunities In Energy Security, Including For Diverse Small Businesses
“The ecosystem around being energy secure is a jobs ecosystem. We’re going to create a million jobs by 2030 in the United States in this energy space because of the Inflation Reduction Act,” Sec...
China And The US At Odds As Globalisation Falters And Strategic Autonomy Rises
388291 02: The Air Force’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Makes Aerospace History As The First … [+] Uav To Fly Unrefueled 7,500 Miles Across The Pacific Ocean From Edwards Air Force ...
The Destruction Of Religious Sites By Russian Forces In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed an attack on Ukraine without any provocation and without any credible justification. Subsequent months have seen evidence suggesting that Russian troops are perpe...
Why Does Ukraine Want Patriot Missiles Which Could Not Protect Saudi Arabia Against Drones?
According to news reports, the U.S. is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine. The country has been coming under increasing attack from Russian drones and cruise missiles and ac...
As Russian Amphibious Ships Bore Down On Southern Ukraine In February, The Ukrainians’ Sole Anti-Ship Battery Opened Fire
2019 test-launch of the Neptune missile. Ukrainian defense ministry The Neptune anti-ship missile is one of the iconic weapons of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine. Two of the 17-foot missiles, fired by a...
Russia Cracking Down on Crypto Miners Minting in Residential Areas – Mining Bitcoin News
Russian authorities are now prosecuting miners extracting cryptocurrency using subsidized electricity for the population, according to a top official from the energy ministry. Power utilities are dete...
U.S. Coal Exports To Europe Up 46% By Weight, 184% By Value
Coal was the nation’s fourth-ranked export by tonnage in the month of October, trailing three other … [+] energy sources: oil, refined petroleum and natural gases. ustradenumbers.com Europ...
Ukraine’s Fight For Democracy Is Worth The Short-Term Spike In Energy Prices
A Ukrainian soldier looks at flames after throwing a cocktail Molotovs during a self-defence … [+] civilian course on the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. – The Russia...
Europe’s power crisis has ‘very little to do with Putin’: CEO
This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do with Vlad...
Full Ban on Crypto in Russia Would Be Counterproductive, Rosfinmonitoring Says – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russian citizens and businesses already own cryptocurrencies, which is why a complete crypto ban would be counterproductive, according to a top executive of Rosfinmonitoring, Russia’s financial intell...
The Russian Army’s Terminator Vehicles Are Heavily Armed, Highly Protected … And Far Too Few To Matter
A BMP-T near Svatove. ANNA New capture Arms-maker Uralvagonzavod manufactured only 10 or so high-tech BMP-T Terminator fighting vehicles for the Russian army. This spring most, or all, of the heavily-...
Russia Deploys Digital Tool For Tracking Crypto Transactions
8 seconds ago | 2 mins read Blockchain News The agency is utilizing the new technology to determine who owns crypto wallets. It’s been two years since it was reported that Russian officials were build...
Super-Upgraded M-55S Tanks Have Arrived In Ukraine
An M-55S in Ukrainian service. Via social media The first video has appeared online depicting the Ukrainian army’s ex-Slovenian M-55S tanks. The video depicts what appears to be a four-person M-55S cr...