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Russia Privately Warns of Deep and Prolonged Economic Damage
(Bloomberg) — Russia may face a longer and deeper recession as the impact of US and European sanctions spreads, handicapping sectors that the country has relied on for years to power its economy...
Russia Set to Legalize Crypto for Cross-Border Payments – crypto.news
The Bank of Russia, the nation’s central bank, and the Russian Ministry of Finance are seriously considering a reversal of their stance on the use of crypto for cross-border payments given the unfavor...
Russia To Legalize Crypto For Cross-Border Settlements ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Russia’s famed antagonism towards cryptocurrencies is slowly fading away as the transcontinental country appears to be softening its legislative appr...
Russia demands sanctions are lifted before it resumes gas supplies
Putin gas Nord Stream energy crisis Europe blackouts rationing – GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Russia will not restart gas supplies to Europe through a key pipeline ...
UK includes crypto assets in sanctions against Russia
Listen to this article. Crypto exchanges operating in the UK will now flag up any suspicious transactions involving crypto assets that are linked to sanctioned Russian individuals or entities. The nat...
Russia Says “Impossible to Do Without” Crypto; Set to Legalize Industry
Russia’s Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have reportedly agreed to legitimize the use of cryptocurrencies for cross-border payments. The latest developments come after the Bank of Russia has ...
Will Europe’s ‘Third World’ Economic Crisis Lead To Global Recession?
Netherlands leadership says Europeans need to get used to being poorer. Bad policy decisions leading … [+] to one crisis after the next as layoffs begin in one of the most important economic reg...
Cross Border Crypto Settlements Get Green Signal From Bank Of Russia
Bank of Russia which is the nation’s central bank has admitted that cross-border crypto transfers are next to impossible to avoid. At the current moment, the geopolitical climate of Russia has been un...
Fertilizer Prices Spike Again As Russia Cuts Natural Gas Supply
Photo by IVAN PISARENKO/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Fertilizer values remain highly volatile as markets digest ongoing disruptions to Russian natural gas entering Europe. According to th...
U.S. Ambassador To Russia Retires As Tensions Rise
Topline U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan stepped down and left Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years in his post, the U.S. Embassy announced, as the diplomatic relationship between the two ...
OneWeb Takes $230 Million Hit After Russia Seized Its Satellites
(Bloomberg) — British satellite startup OneWeb Ltd. took a $229 million writedown after Russia scuppered its launch plans and took 36 of its spacecraft hostage indefinitely earlier this year. Mo...
Russia Signals Opposition to OPEC+ Oil-Production Cut
Russia doesn’t support an oil-production cut at this time, and it is likely OPEC+ will keep its output steady when it meets Monday, people familiar with the matter said, as Moscow maneuvers to thwart ...
Russia Tightens The Geopolitical Energy Screws On Germany And The EU
The natural gas storage facility operated by Astora GmbH & Co KG, one of the largest in Western … [+] Europe and formerly controlled by Gazprom Germania GmbH, in Rehden, Germany, on Tuesday,...
Global Energy Markets Enter Winter Of Discontent
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 26: Protesters hold placards during a demonstration against rising energy … [+] prices outside Ofgem’s headquarters in Canary Wharf on August 26, 2022 in Lon...
What Visits By Musk And Von Der Leyen Say About Energy Policy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gives interviews as he arrives at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting … [+] in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. – The meeting, held in Stavanger from Aug...
Ukraine’s Drones Are Back—And Blowing Up Russian Artillery In The South
A Ukrainian TB-2. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Turkish-made drones are blowing up Russian equipment in southern Ukraine, helping to clear a path for Ukrainian battalions as they fight their w...
Huge offshore wind farm Hornsea 2 is fully operational, Orsted says
One of the turbines at the Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. According to Danish energy firm Orsted, the facility has a capacity of more than 1.3 gigawatts. Orsted A facility described by Danish energy fi...
Russia Mulls Restarting Production Of Older Fighting Vehicles To Replace Ukraine Losses
TOPSHOT – A photograph taken on May 4, 2022 shows a destroyed Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting … [+] vehicle on a road near Pokrovske, eastern Ukraine amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ...
Confusion Deepens As The Ukrainian Army Rolls South Toward Kherson
Ukrainian forces advancing in Kherson Oblast. Via social media After more than three months of preparation, the Ukrainian army on Monday launched its highly-anticipated counteroffensive in southern Uk...
Russia sees crypto as safe alternative for cross-border payments
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin recently declared that digital assets were a “safe alternative” for cross-border payments. Prime Minister Mishustin stated that digital assets could ensure tha...
G20 faces ‘tough’ negotiations on climate
U.S Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (right) with President of COP26 Alok Sharma at the G-20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia’s Bali...
Germany’s Energy Crisis Dispels Several Myths
Germany is undergoing an energy crisis now as severely reduced gas flows from Russia threaten to leave it with a cold, dark winter. Much of its problem is self-inflicted and demonstrates the perils of...
Russia opens the door to cryptocurrencies
Russia Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said cryptocurrencies are needed for foreign payments. Russia wants to exploit cryptocurrencies in international payments On the sidelines of a think talk on th...
Watch The Ukrainian Air Force Lob American Missiles At Russian Radars
A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 launches a HARM. Via social media The Ukrainian air force has armed some of its surviving MiG-29 fighters with American-made High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles—and is firi...
Nokia, Ericsson, Other Western Tech Companies to Complete Exit from Russia by End of 2022
The exit of Nokia, Ericsson, and Logitech from Russia will result in problems for MTS, Tele2, and Beeline operators that developed their networks using the equipment of these companies. Following the...
The EU Vows To Solve Energy Price Problem It Helped To Create
French President Emmanuel Macron (C,L) and Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (C,R), flanked … [+] by Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela (L), European Commission President Ursula vo...
Russia To Legalize Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies As Means Of Payment
– Advertisement – The war between Russia and Ukraine has impacted the Cryptocurrency market negatively. There have been lots of sanctions on Russia by the United States, United Kingdom, an...
U.S. needs miracle to avoid recession, economist Stephen Roach warns
Negative economic growth in the year’s first half may be a foreshock to a much deeper downturn that could last into 2024. Stephen Roach, who served as chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, warns the ...
Gorbachev And The Tragedy Of Russia
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev poignantly reminds us of the path Russia didn’t take after the fall of Soviet communism. Gorbachev’s vision was the utter antithesis of Vladimir Putin’s. The Soviet Unio...