Topline Pro-Russian authorities have blocked Google in the occupied Eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, accusing the tech company of persecuting Russians, as the Kremlin and its allies c...
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Ukrainian Missile Crews May Be Creeping Closer To A Key Russian-Held City
The July 19, 2022 shoot-down. Social media capture The Russian air force lost another one of its best fighter planes over Ukraine on Tuesday. The shoot-down of what appears to be a Sukhoi Su-35 could ...
As Ukraine Fights Russia, Citizens Have the Opportunity to Vent Their Anger Through Cats at Arms
Place/Date: Ukraine – July 21st, 2022 at 3:01 pm UTC · 2 min read Contact: Boca Chica, Source: Boca Chica Developed by a volunteer team of Ukrainian developers, Cats at Arms takes place in the A...
Russia Denies Rumors Putin Is Sick
Topline The Kremlin denied Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is sick following months of speculation that he’s battling a serious illness. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he ...
5 Reasons Causing Pain In Struggling EM Debt Markets
A man is seen in front of a screen showing the exchange rate between the Colombian peso and the US … [+] dollar in Medellin, Colombia, on July 7, 2022. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) (Photo ...
Where Is Ukraine Getting Its Bombers?
A Ukrainian Su-24 in July 2022. Social media capture The Ukrainian air force apparently has lost all but one of the dozen or so Sukhoi Su-24 bombers it had in active service before Russia widened its ...
For Investors, EU Baltics Are Beating Europe. But Geopolitics Not In Their Favor
Map of Latvia Estonia Lithuania getty The three Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have been part of the European Union for 18 years now. And for the last six years, investors have been be...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Resigns As Coalition Government Crumbles
Topline Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned on Thursday after his coalition government unraveled, raising the prospect of snap elections and months of political turmoil as the country battles...
Russia Restarts Key Gas Pipeline To Europe After Fears Moscow Would Keep Taps Closed
Topline Russia has resumed gas supplies to Europe via a key pipeline after it was shut for repairs 10 days ago, the operator announced on Thursday, dampening energy prices and assuaging fears that Mos...
The Impact On Hollywood Of Putin’s War
UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT AFP via Getty Images It may not be apparent yet, but Putin’s war is going to have several impacts on Hollywood for years to come. Here are a few of the ones that occur to me: 1...
M60 And Leopard Tanks Offer A Strong Response To Russia’s Asymmetric Attacks
M60 battle tanks operate in Saudi Arabia Sygma via Getty Images As Russian strongman Vladimir Putin continues his illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has branched out from the immediate battlefie...
Digital Token Issued In Russia –
The token will help facilitate Investments in Palladium Palladium is not a public asset on the Russian market Palladium is used as a substitute for platinum in jewelry Exchanges with computerized reso...
For Ukrainian Drone Crews Hunting Russian Tanks, Some Attacks Require More Luck Than Others
Social media capture Separate attempts by Ukrainian drone-operators to knock out Russian vehicles in Ukraine illustrate different approaches to do-it-yourself air raids. Both raids involved commercial...
Russia Shoots Down Another Of Its Own Jets —Are American Rockets Confusing Them?
A day after ignominiously shooting down one of their own top-end Su-34M jets, Russian surface-to-air crews seem to have repeated the mistake, this time apparently knocking a Russian Su-35 out of the s...
Russia Sends Pacific Island ‘Machine Gun Artillery Division’ To Ukraine
DATELINE ADDITION – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks near a Soviet-era fortifications during … [+] his visit to Kunashir one of the Kuril islands on November 1, 2010. Medvedev stoke...
Digital Token Issued In Russia to Facilitate Investments in Palladium – Bitcoin News
Transactions with digital assets backed by precious metals are beginning in Russia with the launch of a token for palladium. The rare metal, which is used in jewelry and has some high-tech application...
Don’t Bet On President Biden’s Promises That Oil Prices Will Drop
WASHINGTON, DC – Prices for gas at an Exxon gas station on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The cost … [+] of gasoline has dropped recently on fears of a recession. (Photo by Win McNamee/Ge...
Russia Announces the Release of a Stablecoin Backed by Palladium
– Advertisement – Stablecoin Backed by Palladium Released in Russia. Atomyze, a tokenization platform supported by the Russian government, has just released its first digital asset, which ...
Russia moves closer to cutting off gas as Gazprom declares force majeure on supplies
Gazprom Russia Putin gas energy force majeure Nord Stream Europe crisis – EUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva Russian state energy giant Gazprom has declared force majeure on some of its gas supplies to E...
‘Token will defeat cryptocurrency’: Russia debuts palladium-backed stablecoin
The Russian government-backed tokenization platform Atomyze has issued its first digital asset backed by palladium in collaboration with the local bank Rosbank. Rosbank officially announced on Monday ...
Atomyze Launches First Palladium-backed Digital Token in Russia
Atomyze, a digital assets platform for tokenizing commodities, has launched the first digital token backed by palladium in Russia. The digital asset will be issued by GPEF Investments and tokenized by...
Russia: Putin bans crypto – The Cryptonomist
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the bill that had been passed on 8 July that effectively bans crypto in the country. Indeed, the previous weekend marked an important milestone for the Kremlin...
The Russian Army Is Sending New Recruits To War With Just A Month Of Training
A volunteer battalion with the Russian Northern Fleet’s 200th Arctic Motorized Rifle Brigade trains … [+] for deployment to Ukraine. Russian state media capture Desperate to reinforce its batter...
H&M Fully Exits Russia, Joining Global Brands Like Nike And McDonald’s
Topline Fashion retail giant H&M is undertaking steps to completely shut down its business operations in Russia, the company announced on Monday, joining other major global brands like Nike and Mc...
U.S., China Leaders May Be On Track To Meet In November – China Think-Tank Chief
U.S. President Joe Biden listens while meeting virtually with Xi Jinping, China’s president, in the … [+] Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2...
In 2022, over half of all financial pyramids involved cryptocurrencies: Bank of Russia Claims
At a time when Russia is surrounded by Western sanctions, it seems that scams have cranked up their activities. Many Russian scams offer access to crypto assets while claiming to be licensed by foreig...
Over Confident Markets Anticipate Steep Drop In Inflation
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images Inflation just printed at 9.1%, the highest level since 1981. But don’t worry, sayeth the ever-wise financial markets, it will fall back down ve...
Duma Approves Bill Placing a Ban on the Use of Digital Assets in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill addressing the ban on the use of digital financial assets (DFA) for payments. The bill which was passed to the Russian Assembly also known as the St...
Over Half of This Year’s Financial Pyramids in Russia Involved Crypto, Bank of Russia Finds – Coinotizia
A majority of the financial pyramids identified in 2022 used cryptocurrencies in one way or another, Russia’s central bank announced in a new report. Amid Western sanctions, Russian scams have stepped...