Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late Wednesday night called on people worldwide to stand with Ukraine in demonstrations on March 24, exactly one month after Russia first invaded Ukraine...
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Ukraine Pushes Some Russian Troops Away From Kyiv, U.S. Says
Topline Ukrainian forces mounted a counteroffensive east of Kyiv and pushed Russia away from the capital city, an unnamed U.S. official told reporters Wednesday, the latest display of resistance in th...
U.S. Declares Russia Has Committed War Crimes In Ukraine
Topline Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, issuing a statement that blasted Russia for ‘deliberately targeting civilians, as well as...
Russia will rival UK & Ireland to host Euro 2028
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia speaks during the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at The Konstantin Palace on July 25, 2015 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Dennis Grombkowski ...
Russia Turns To Iran For Assistance With Aviation Sanctions, But Can It Do Much To Help?
Aeroflot Airbus A320 aircraft at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport on September 16, 2021 … [+] (Photo: Leonid Faerberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket v...
Wikipedia download boom in Russia
After Putin’s Russia banned foreign social and news sites in the country, accused of propaganda and misinformation, there was a boom in downloads of the Russian version of the world’s most famous onli...
Putin’s Aide Chubais Resigns–Said To Flee Russia Over Opposition To Ukraine Invasion
Topline Anatoly Chubais, a high-ranking Russian official who led the country’s post-Soviet economic reforms, has resigned from his post and fled the country in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukrai...
Russia uses crypto to circumvent sanctions
The President of the ECB Christine Lagarde is once again ranting against cryptocurrencies, claiming that they are used by Russia to circumvent sanctions. Lagarde’s statements on Russia, sanctions and...
Russia Stock Exchange Will Finally Reopen After Ukraine Invasion—But Under These Restrictions
Topline The Moscow Stock Exchange, Russia’s largest exchange group, announced on Wednesday it would reopen trading for certain stocks after a nearly one-month shutdown following the nation’...
Will Putin Nuke Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches training launches of ballistic missiles as part of the … [+] Grom-2022 Strategic Deterrence Force exercise, from the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow o...
Wex Exchange Co-Owner Reportedly Detained in Russia – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Authorities in Russia have arrested a crypto entrepreneur associated with an unidentified cryptocurrency exchange who is suspected of embezzling funds and property. According to a media report, the de...
ECB president, Christine Lagarde, warns crypto firms against helping Russia avoid sanctions
The sanctions imposed against Russia by the Western countries have put pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges. Some regulators have expressed concern over how Russia could use cryptocurrencies to avoid ...
Russian Press Secretary Won’t Rule Out Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Topline Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, would not rule out the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons if it is faced with an “existential threat,” and admitted ...
ECB Strongly Warns Crypto Firms Against Helping Russia Evade Sanctions
The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned cryptocurrency-related firms against helping Russia bypass financial sanctions placed on the nation in the wake of its ongoing conflict with neighboring Ukra...
Okta Stock Tumbles Amid Breach Investigation As Cyber Risks Mount
Updated at 10:51 am EST Okta Inc. (OKTA) – Get Okta, Inc. Class A Report shares slumped lower Tuesday after the tech group, which manages network access for thousands of U.S. companies, began i...
War and Art: new logos for companies that left Russia
“War and Art” continue to go hand in hand these days, and Czech artist Václav Kudělka has re-imagined the logos of companies that have left Russia, imagining their slogans against Russian President Vl...
Intense Combat Video Shows Ukrainians Take On Russian Tank At Point-Blank Range
Any video put out by one side involved in a conflict deserves to be treated with some caution; like the Russian video which supposedly showed a strike by their Kinzhal hypersonic missile which was act...
KUNA Founder Alleges Binance Working With Russia Despite Sanctions
Michael Chobanian, the founder of the Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange KUNA, has leveled serious allegations against Binance. Chobanian has alleged that despite sanctions in place against Russia, Bin...
FinCEN Warns Russia Not To Use Cryptocurrency To Evade Sanctions
The FinCEN, an agency of the US treasury department, has informed all financial institutions that Russia may likely consider using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions associated with its military activi...
‘Evolving Intelligence’ Suggests Russia Is Planning Cyberattacks On U.S., White House Says
Topline The White House warned Monday about possible plans by the Russian government to target critical American infrastructure with cyberattacks, urging American companies to bolster their cybersecur...
Penalties Against Russia May Encourage Additional Nations To Improve CBDCs
Various federal agencies in the United States, as well as Congress legislators, have been examining how a CBDC project might influence the country’s economy and status as an international reserve curr...
500 Or 10,000 Deaths? Russian Media Finally Seems To Report Dire Troop Casualty Numbers—And Then Deletes Them
Topline A Russian tabloid newspaper on Monday published and subsequently deleted a report claiming nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers had died since the country first invaded Ukraine last month—a far grea...
High Gas Prices Might Be Here For A While, But We Have A Way Out
Detail of a hand holding a fuel pump at a station getty Although there are many indicators of how the global economy is going, the price of gasoline is the one that we all know best. The average cost ...
Russia Claims To Have Used A Hypersonic Weapon In The Ukraine
On March 18, 2022, the Russian military claimed to have used a hypersonic weapon to destroy an underground weapons depot in western Ukraine. Although Ukraine has confirmed the attack, they have not co...
How is Anonymous Fighting Russia
Following the launch of Russia’s “special military operation” against Ukraine, which turned out to be an all-out war, NATO, the EU, and other countries decided to take a different approach and impose ...
How Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Could Affect Europe And U.S. Economy
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, … [+] self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town o...
U.S. space companies to benefit from Russia pullback: Quilty Analytics
A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. SpaceX Russia is rapidly cutting itself off from much of the global space industry in response to Western sanctions due t...
Ukraine Slams Billionaire-Linked Retailer Reportedly Plotting Russia Expansion Amid Invasion
Topline The Ukraine Ministry of Defense criticized French-based retailer Leroy Merlin on Monday following reports that the home-improvement chain, part of a sprawling holding company founded by one of...