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As Russian Troops Leave Irpin And Bucha, Ukraine, More Evidence Of Putin’s War Crimes Emerges
April 3, 2022, has seen reports of egregious crimes being perpetrated in Irpin and Bucha, Ukraine. Among others, media outlets reported on images of Ukrainian civilians lying dead on the streets of Bu...
Over 400 Dead Civilians Found Near Kyiv As Russia Retreats, Ukraine Says
Topline Ukrainian investigators have found the bodies of 410 dead civilians in the Kyiv region in recent days, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Sunday, after Russian forces were acc...
The Week Ahead – Monetary Policy and Russia in Focus
On the Macro It’s a quieter week ahead on the economic calendar, with 34 stats due out through the week ending 08-April. In the week prior, 64 stats had been in focus. For the Dollar: Early in the wee...
Zelensky Accuses Russia Of Genocide As Allegations Of Civilian Killings Mount
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday accused Russia of committing genocide during its invasion of Ukraine, marking the most sweeping genocide allegation from Zelensky yet, after Ru...
Russia Evades Default as JPMorgan, BNY Mellon Process Funds
(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. processed a payment transaction from Russia for one of its dollar bonds, allowing the nation to continue sidestepping a d...
The Ukrainians Have Nearly Destroyed One Of The Russian Army’s Best Regiments
A wrecked BMD near Bucha. Via Twitter user @BarracudaVol1 Eight years ago, an elite Russian parachute regiment played a central role in a massacre of Ukrainian soldiers. Now Ukraine has exacted its re...
Russia will not clampdown on residential crypto miners
TL; DR Breakdown Russia will not ban residential crypto mining The country plans to monitor energy consumption Russian ministries continue to call for clear regulations An official of the Russian fina...
Russia Will Not Try to Ban Home Crypto Mining, Finance Ministry Official Indicates – Mining Bitcoin News
A high-ranking representative of the Ministry of Finance in Moscow sees no point in banning crypto mining in Russian households as it would be hard to restrict the activity. The top official also reve...
Russia Seeks New Ways to Sell Its $20-Billion-a-Year Gold Output
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s huge gold industry is searching for new ways to sell its metal, such as exporting more to China and the Middle East, as sanctions choke off its traditional sales routes. M...
Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Have Advanced To Point Where Meeting Between Putin And Zelensky Is Possible, Ukrainian Negotiator Says
Topline Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have reached agreement on enough elements of a potential peace agreement that it is ready to be discussed between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraini...
Moldova Denies Ukrainian Claim Of Russian Troops Massing In Breakaway Region To Open New Front In War
Topline Moldova has denied claims from Ukrainian officials that Russia is massing troops in the separatist region of Transnistria—along the border with Ukraine—to potentially prepare for an attack tha...
Russia prepared for 8 years to be cut off from the West. Meet the payment system that’s still processing its credit card transactions
Since the start of the Ukraine War, a barrage of western sanctions has crippled the Russian economy and wreaked havoc on its financial system. The country has been largely cut off from the internation...
To Knock Out Russian Tanks And Survive, Ukrainian Missileers Have Learned To Shoot And Scoot
A Ukrainian Corsar team. Via social media To knock out Russian vehicles, Ukrainian teams lie in wait along roads—sometimes for days—before firing their missiles and sprinting away to their own vehicle...
Sanctions Motivate Russia to Create Own Crypto Market Infrastructure, Finance Ministry Says – Regulation Bitcoin News
With sanctions cutting off Russia from global finances, Moscow’s motivation to establish a domestic market infrastructure for digital assets grows, a top official at the Russian finance ministry has n...
Supply Chain Woes, Inflation Crimp U.S. Producers’ Growth Potential
A pulling unit or workover rig providing maintenance on an oil well in the canyon country of Utah.. … [+] (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) VW Pics/Unive...
Why Putin wants Russia to be paid in rubles
Now that Russia, the largest supplier of natural gas to the world, will only accept payment for energy exports in rubles, what implications does that have for the outcome of Vladimir Putin’s war in Uk...
Ukraine Denies Attacking Fuel Depot In Russia
Topline A top Ukrainian security official has denied Ukraine was responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod earlier on Friday, after Ukraine’s Foreign and Defe...
Why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spark a NATO spending spree
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is unleashing a new era of military spending across Europe. Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, such as Germany, have done an about-face on its ...
Why Do Russian Tanks Explode Violently When Hit?
Sometimes in modern warfare it is not possible to tell whether a vehicle has been damaged or destroyed, as the only sign may be a small hole with burn marks. But this is certainly not the case with Ru...
Ukraine’s Friends Refuse to Pay Russia Rubles for Gas. What Could Come Next.
The Kasimovskoye underground gas storage facility operated by Gazprom, in Kasimov, Russia. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size Vladimir Putin was rash enough to invade Ukraine. Could he double his bet ...
Biden’s plan to lower gas prices could take weeks. How to pay less now
Filling up at the pump comes with a hefty dose of sticker shock. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and global supply concerns have sent gas prices to record highs — hitting $6 in some parts of the co...
IMF States Sanctions Against Russia Might Dampen USD’s Supremacy and Increase Crypto Usage – crypto.news
The unprecedented financial sanctions against Russia, which froze most of Russia’s overseas assets, threaten to reduce the dollar’s dominance with time, as per IMF. The US and its allies slapped Russi...
Roman Abramovich Is Confirmed Owner Of Two Yachts In Antigua, Report Says
Topline Two yachts moored in Antigua are confirmed to belong to Roman Abramovich and could possibly be seized, the Financial Times said on Friday, the latest assets to come under scrutiny as Western c...
Russia Gives First Peek Into Currency Reserves Since War Started
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s central bank said its foreign-currency and gold reserves plunged by $38.8 billion since peaking in February, giving the first glimpse into its holdings since the invasion ...
Ukrainian Helicopters Reportedly Strike Fuel Depot Over Border In Russia
Topline A fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod is on fire Friday after Ukrainian helicopters reportedly crossed the border and attacked the facility, the governor of the region said on social me...
Crypto Mining To Receive “Special Attention” In Russia
Russia’s Finance Ministry said an upcoming bill to regulate cryptocurrencies will pay “special attention” to mining, citing vast potential in the country for growing the activity. The bill, which was ...
G7 Should Stop Russia From Evading Sanctions Using Crypto, BOJ Says – crypto.news
A Reuters report has stated that the Bank of Japan asked G7 nations to find common ways to regulate the crypto space amid the war. This call was triggered by the idea that Russians could be using cryp...