A Kamov Ka-52. Wikimedia Commons Russian air force regiments flying the service’s Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters have been having a difficult war. It just got a lot more difficult. Ukrainian air defen...
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Putin ‘Destroyed’ Russian Economy Save For Oil, White House Says
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin has sunk his country’s economy outside of the still lucrative oil exports, a Biden Administration official said Monday, as Russia largely retreats from the glo...
For The First Time, ESG Proponents Are Starting To See Defense Stocks As ESG
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have come to the forefront of investment practices over the years. However, a critical concern for investors is the lack of quantitative standards in ...
Oil is all that Putin has left, presidential advisor Amos Hochstein says
Amos Hochstein photographed in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 27, 2022. Hussam Shbaro | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Oil is all Russia’s economy has left following its invasion of Ukraine earlier ...
EU crypto sanctions against Russia has an unexpected enforcer
The Monetary Exchange of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank and financial regulator, reminded all authorized cryptocurrency exchanges in the country to comply with financial sanctions in pl...
Economists Discuss Russia, China Potentially Developing Gold-Backed Currency That Could Undermine US Dollar – Economics Bitcoin News
Economists have weighed in on reports that China and Russia may be developing a new gold-backed currency that could undermine the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s primary reserve currency. Russia a...
What Are Putin’s ‘Filtration Camps’ And Why Are They Concerning?
Ten months of Putin’s war in Ukraine have seen a litany of atrocities including summary executions, unlawful confinement, torture, ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, forced displacement of...
Ukraine, Indonesia, and Russia Led Crypto Adoption in Q3: DappRadar
Crypto adoption is shooting through the roof despite the bear market and uncertainty surrounding asset prices, according to recent findings from the leading decentralized application (dApp) analytics ...
Videos Reveal Drone Kamikaze Boat Assault On Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
Perspective of USV approaching Russian Navy frigate Admiral Makarov on morning of October 29. Video capture from Ukrainian military video On the morning of October 29, warships of Russia’s Black Sea F...
Russia, China may be preparing new gold-backed currency, but expert assures US dollar ‘safest’ currency today
China and Russia may be working toward a new gold-backed currency in a move that would aim to dethrone the dollar as the primary reserve currency of the world, but any such currency would unlikely ach...
Global Food Crisis Back On? Russia Bails From Grain Deal, Blaming Ukraine Drone Attack
Topline Russian officials reneged on its deal with Ukraine clearing the Black Sea for grain exports, after it claimed Ukraine led a drone strike on its Crimean naval fleet—threatening what officials w...
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 surge in Russia amid regulatory uncertainty
The number of Bitcoin ATMs in Russia has undergone a massive surge over the last few months. According to reports, these ATMs keep increasing despite the unclear regulatory guidelines regarding digita...
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...
The Russian And Ukrainian Armies Brace For The Dreaded ‘Wet Cold’ Winter
A Ukrainian tank in the Donbas mud. Ukrainian defense ministry photo There are two winters in Ukraine. The first, in the final couple months of the year, are cold—but not cold enough for a deep freeze...
Azerbaijan’s Response To Russia’s Invasion Has Included Plans For Increased Energy Exports To Europe
A Gazprom employee looks over a natural gas treatment facility at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline’s entry … [+] point in northwest Russia. Azerbaijan has sought to increase energy exports to Eu...
12,000 Russian Troops Were Supposed To Defend Kaliningrad. Then They Went To Ukraine To Die.
The 11th Army Corps in 2017. Russian defense ministry photo Six years ago, the Russian navy formed a new army corps whose job it would be to defend Kaliningrad, Russia’s geographically separate outpos...
The Keystone XL Pipeline Was An Insurance Policy Against Russia And OPEC
Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President … [+] Donald Trump’s executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park nex...
Biden Sacrifices National Security For Midterm Votes With SPR Drawdown
St. James Terminal, a marine unloading and distribution point for crude oil, a U.S. Department of … [+] Energy owned site located southwest of Baton Rouge, La., on the Mississippi River, is show...
Progressives Retract Letter Suggesting ‘Direct Talks With Russia’ Over Ukraine After Backlash
Topline Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the leader of the left-wing Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Tuesday the group was withdrawing an open letter asking President Joe Biden to “engage in dir...
Kevin McCarthy, The Progressives, And Public Opinion On Ukraine
Last week, House Speaker in waiting Kevin McCarthy told reporters from Punchbowl News that well-documented polling concerns about a possible recession mean that Americans are “not going to write a bla...
Sales of Hardware Crypto Wallets Decline in Russia With Easing Currency Restrictions
Following this year’s increase that followed the invasion of Ukraine, interest among Russian users in hardware wallets that offer cold storage of cryptocurrencies is dwindling. A study mentioning impo...
Russia does not approve of Bitcoin mining
A few days ago, Russia’s parliament rejected a new bill on the mining of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This was reported by local news agency Interfax, which reveals that on 19 October in Mosco...
Russia’s Desperate Fort-Building In Eastern Ukraine Won’t Stop The Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Russian defenses outside Hirske. Via social media A Russian mercenary firm is building a line of anti-tank obstacles across eastern Ukraine. The Wagner Group earlier this month began laying parallel l...
As Russia Gets Weaker, Xi Jinping May Forgo Taiwan To Grab Eastern Russia
China’s contempt for Russia is rising. AFP via Getty Images As China’s Communist Party Congress wound to a close, China’s “Paramount Leader,” Xi Jinping, emerged stronger than ever. Granting him...
Ukraine’s River Fleet Is Fighting a Secretive War Along Vast Waterways
Ukrainian defense ministry photo A brief glimpse of an old, ex-Soviet amphibious tractor, hauling a Ukrainian army platoon across a river, is a reminder that Ukraine’s expansive rivers are a battlefie...
Kraken blocks Bitcoins from some accounts in Russia
With yet another crackdown of sanctions on Russia, the European Union has effectively banned any cryptocurrency transactions (Bitcoin above all) to and from Putin’s country, and so Kraken, the US-base...
Watch Eager Ukrainian Troops Roll Into Battle Atop A Tank
Social media capture One skirmish in one sector of one front of a wider war that’s grinding into its eighth month isn’t indicative of much. But watch closely the below video depicting volunteers from ...
Iran’s Burgeoning Arms Exports To Russia Could Be A Sign Of Desperation
Iran is exporting a record number of its domestically-produced armed drones to Russia and will soon export its indigenous ballistic missiles to Moscow. A top Iranian general has also said that 22 coun...
China’s Xi Jinping Gets Third Leadership Term In “Most Unforgettable Meet”
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s … [+] ruling Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 2...
Former China President Unexpectedly Led Out Of Party Congress — CNN
Chinese President Xi Jinping at left looks on as former Chinese President Hu Jintao is assisted to … [+] leave the hall during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China’s...
The Russians Are Fleeing Southern Ukraine. They Could Cause A Lot Of Damage On Their Way Out.
Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Russian army is retreating from Kherson. And it’s poised to leave behind it a lot of destruction and dead bodies. Kherson, a port at the mouth of the Dnipro River ...