A T-64BM Bulat on parade in 2008. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region have captured a very rare Ukrainian T-64BM Bulat tank. The roughly 100 Bulats tha...
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US crypto miner Compass selling $30 million of equipment in Russia to avoid sanctions: report
American crypto-mining outfit Compass Mining is selling off about $30 million worth of hardware in Siberia after the US government sanctioned rival BitRiver over its Russian operation, Bloomberg repor...
Russia Reportedly Strikes Five Train Stations In Western And Central Ukraine
Topline Russian forces on Monday reportedly bombed five railway stations in central and western Ukraine, according to the state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznyitsa, causing an unknown number of casua...
Coca-Cola (KO) Q1 2022 earnings beat estimates
Coca-Cola on Monday reported quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ expectations as consumers drank more of its namesake soda, Powerade and Costa coffee. But CEO James Quincey told CNBC’...
US Crypto Mining Company Plans to Sell $30M Worth Equipment in Russia to Dodge Sanctions
With the West leading the fight with sanctions, a US-based company – Compass Mining – is planning to sell around $30 million in Bitcoin mining equipment located in Siberia. The move to liquidate the B...
Bank of Russia to Pilot Digital Ruble Settlements in 2023 – Finance Bitcoin News
Russia’s monetary authority intends to conduct the first settlements with the digital ruble next year, its governor announced this week. Speaking to Russian lawmakers, the official highlighted the imp...
Leading Eastern European Exchange Exmo Sells Business in Russia, Belarus – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Exmo, a U.K.-based crypto exchange with extensive presence in Eastern Europe, is pulling out of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The trading platform, Exmo.com, says it’s making the move to avoid jeopa...
Compass to Sell $30 Million in Crypto Mining Equipment Located in Russia – Mining Bitcoin News
The U.S.-based company Compass Mining plans to sell $30 million worth of bitcoin mining equipment that’s currently located in Siberia. The decision to sell the mining rigs follows the U.S. government ...
Zelensky And Red Cross Plead For Evacuations From Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Red Cross on Sunday called for civilian evacuations from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the last remaining stronghold of Ukrainian defende...
M-109 Self-Propelled Guns Will Help Ukraine Shift To Offense
Get ready to see M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers in Ukraine AFP via Getty Images Ahead of a presumed Ukraine visit by both the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, a trickle of Western-stand...
Russia plans to adopt the digital ruble for international settlements
Russia’s economy has been greatly affected by the economic sanctions imposed against the country by Western countries. Amid these sanctions, Russia wants to commence a pilot phase for the digital rubl...
Binance Refutes Allegations of Sharing Client Data With Russia
32 seconds ago | 2 mins read Editors News It has been reported that Navalny has been jailed upon his return to Russia. An employee claims to have received texts from the company’s regional leader. It ...
The Ukrainians Keep Blowing Up Russian Command Posts And Killing Generals
Wrecked vehicles at a destroyed Russian command post. Photo via social media Eight years ago, a trio of Ukrainian army brigades fighting Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region m...
CNN’s Documentary Of A Jailed Putin Critic Is An Urgent, Unforgettable Film
A scene from the CNN Films documentary “Navalny.” WarnerMedia/CNN Even if you already know the particulars of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s story — that he survived a Kremlin-...
Report Says Binance Shared Client Data With Russia, Crypto Exchange Denies Allegations – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been accused in a media report of agreeing to provide user data to Russia’s financial watchdog. The trading platform has refuted the allegations. It also insists it...
Binance Helped Russia With Alexi Navalny’s Donation Data
Editors News Binance provided Russia donation data of Alexi Navalny. Reports from Reuters have confirmed the source. Crypto donations in millions have been donated to Alexi Navalny. When it comes to ...
What’s next for Pepsi’s after exiting Russia amid Ukraine war
Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, multinational companies have withdrawn from Russia in staggering numbers. As of April 22, more than 700 U.S. companies have scaled back, suspended or ex...
Fearing Sanctions, U.S. Crypto Miner Seeks Hasty Exit From Russia
U.S. crypto miner Compass Mining is looking to quickly divest its equipment in Siberia after the United States cracked down on its partner BitRiver over its Russian operations. In an announcement on D...
Another 6 Members of Finiko Crypto Pyramid Arrested in Russia – Bitcoin News
Russian law enforcement authorities have detained six more members and executives of the notorious crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko. Police in the Republic of Tatarstan and Russia proper have conducted doze...
Russian Vodka Imports Into U.S. Are Almost At Asterisk Level
The liquor category, which includes tequila as well as vodka, gun, rum and whiskey, is having a … [+] record year for imports into the United States in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data...
As Fortress Russia crumbles, the global economy faces a new world order
Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping As Russia’s economy teeters on the brink of collapse, its fallout could prove even more consequential than perhaps initially thought. The freezing of the Russian Central Bank...
Binance Hits Back At Reuters, Claims Data Sharing Report With Russia Is ‘Categorically False’
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has received extensive media notice in recent months. Reuters stated that in response to the Ukrainian government’s call to freeze all Russian cry...
The Russians Appear To Be Sending A Deep-Diving Submersible To The Wreck Of The Cruiser ‘Moskva’
‘Kommuna’ and her AS-28 submersible. Russian navy photo The Russian navy reportedly is trying to salvage sensitive materials from the wreck of the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, which sank...
Why Russia Would Want To Capture Land Leading To Moldova’s Transnistria
Topline A Russian general’s stated goal of extending Russian-controlled territory to a tiny, pro-Kremlin breakaway state in eastern Moldova threatens to usher in a new chapter of fighting in Ukraine, ...
Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza For Spreading Disinformation, Lawyer Says
Topline Russia has opened a criminal case against opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza—who previously survived two suspected poisonings in Russia—for spreading “false information,” his lawyer said ...
Russia Plans to Use Digital Ruble for International Settlements
Russia’s central bank recently said that it is looking to begin a pilot for the digital ruble next year, with plans to use the central bank digital currency (CBDC) for international payments. Digital ...
Why yachts and assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs are targets of U.S.
From chasing down yachts to seizing Italian villas, the global effort to punish Russian oligarchs for their financial ties to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been unprecedented. For its...
Too Few Troops, Not Enough Supplies—Russia’s Eastern Offensive Could Be Doomed
An abandoned Russian howitzer in Ukraine. Ukrainian defense ministry photo As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine nears its second month, the Kremlin still hasn’t solved its fundamental military problems. T...
Russia Wants ‘Full Control’ Over Ukraine’s South, East And Eyes Part Of Moldova, Commander Says
Topline Russia will try to assert full control over large swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine and could be targeting Ukraine’s neighbor Moldova, a commander of Russia’s Central Military Dist...
American Express, Verizon, Kimberly-Clark and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: American Express (AXP) – American Express rose 1.2% in the premarket after reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue for the first qua...
Sanctions could hurt Russia’s multibillion-dollar crypto industry
Illuminated mining rigs operate inside racks at the CryptoUniverse cryptocurrency mining farm in Nadvoitsy, Russia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sanctions imposed on Russia over the country...