Russian exchanges exposed in crypto-for-cash scandal

An investigation into no questions asked transfers between Moscow and London found several Russian crypto exchanges willing to accommodate cash trades. The investigation was conducted by the non-profi...

U.S. Drone Forced Down By Russian Fighter Jet Near Ukraine

File photo of an MQ-9 Reaper drone taking off at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field in Fort Drum, N.Y., … [+] Feb. 14, 2012. U.S. Air Force A Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. surveillance drone...

Russian Jet Crashes Into U.S. Drone Over Black Sea, U.S. Military Says

Topline A Russian fighter jet hit the propeller of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone over the Black Sea Tuesday morning, forcing it to crash, the U.S. European Command confirmed, amid heightened ten...

Crypto entrepreneur who fled FBI now works for Russian state media

Christopher Emms, the British blockchain pioneer who is wanted by the FBI for allegedly breaking US sanctions on North Korea has reportedly been hired to provide crypto commentary by Russian state bro...

The Russian Army Is Running Out Of T-72 Tanks—And Quickly

A Russian army T-72B. Russian defense ministry photo Russia’s tank shortage is worse than some observers previously thought. The Kremlin’s stocks of its most numerous tank, the Cold War-vintage T-72, ...

Russian Authorities Propose Penalty For Tax-Evading Crypto Miners

7 seconds ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News Authorities decided to revise it to include more stringent penalties for non-compliant miners. Punishments might go into the millions of rubles and might invol...

Revised Bill Suggests Prison Time for Russian Crypto Miners Evading Taxation – Mining Bitcoin News

A draft law designed to regulate crypto mining in Russia introduces harsh penalties for miners failing to report digital assets to the state. In its latest revision, the bill also threatens to punish ...

Those Weird Russian Vehicles With 80-Year-Old Naval Turrets Might Have An Air-Defense Role

MT-LB-2M-3s. Via social media Those bizarre, improvised armored vehicles the Russian army is manufacturing—80-year-old naval guns on top of only slightly less aged armored chassis—are starting to make...

Take A Captured Russian Turret, Add It To Any Spare Chassis

2S17. Via social media After a year of hard fighting, the Ukraine war zone is a scrapyard for more than 10,000 wrecked armored vehicles, both Russian and Ukrainian. The sheer scale of the losses helps...

Russian Crypto Mining Bill Says Report Earnings or Face Jail Time

A new Russian crypto mining law mandates that miners declare their earnings or face jail time and forced labor. Meanwhile, the country has subsidized a mining facility in Siberia. Russia’s government ...

Wimbledon Lifts Ban On Russian, Belarussian Players

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 03: Daniil Medvedev of Russia celebrates winning his men’s singles third … [+] round match against Marin Cilic of Croatia during Day Six of The Championships &...

6 Ukrainian Civilians Dead After Russian Missile Strikes—Overnight Attack Means Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is On Emergency Power

Topline At least six Ukrainian civilians are dead following overnight missile strikes across Ukraine Thursday, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—Europe’s largest—shifting to emergency power as...

Russian Crypto Advocates Urge Putin to Address Delayed Regulations

The adoption of rules for the cryptocurrency business in Russia has been notoriously slow. As a result, the Russian Association of Crypto Industry and Blockchain (RACIB) has taken the initiative to pe...

Russian Oil Gets More Pricey as Pool of Asian Buyers Expands

(Bloomberg) — The price of Russian crude and fuel is rising for buyers in Asia as a pool of bigger customers from China and India expands, putting pressure on smaller refiners that have eagerly ...

Russian crypto advocates urge Putin to stop regulatory hostility

As Russia continues to delay the adoption of cryptocurrency regulations, local advocates have appealed to Russian president Vladimir Putin to change the government’s approach to regulating the market....

‘Unjustified Losses.’ A Regiment Of Demoralized Russian Draftees Begs Vladimir Putin For Mercy—But Putin Isn’t Listening.

1st Slavic Brigade in 2022. Via social media As Russian losses in Ukraine deepened last year, the Kremlin drafted hundreds of unfit, middle-age men in Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia, gave them a m...

Russian Crypto Industry Association Asks Putin to Help With Regulations – Regulation Bitcoin News

The organization representing Russia’s crypto and blockchain sector has urged Vladimir Putin to spur regulatory efforts. The association fears the Russian Federation may lag behind other nations if it...

‘Hero Of Ukraine’ Dies In Battle As Russian Advance Continues

Topline The commander of a Ukrainian volunteer force who had earned the highest Ukrainian award—the so-called Hero of Ukraine—and was featured on Forbes’ Under 30 list in Ukraine last year died in bat...

Russian Court Sends 3 Crypto Robbers to Strict-Regime Prison – Bitcoin News

Three Russians are going to spend time in high-security prison for stealing over a million U.S. dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from another man. In addition, the court has also ordered them to fully...

Germany Is Still The Second-Largest Buyer Of Russian Fossil Fuels

A year on from Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine, Russian fossil fuel exports are still flowing to various nations around the world. As Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte details below, accord...

The T-80B Was A Great Tank—In 1978. Now It’s The Latest Obsolete Vehicle To Join The Russian War Effort.

A T-80B in its heyday. Wikimedia Commons In 1978, Soviet tank-maker Omsktransmash took the basic T-80 tank, which had appeared just two years earlier, and added a new turret with a better autoloader a...

U.N. Chief Says World Is ‘300 Years Away’ From Gender Equity And Women’s Rights Are ‘Vanishing Before Our Eyes’

Topline Decades of global progress on women’s rights are “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned in an emotional speech at a U.N. Security Council meeting...

Russian Blogger Loses $284,000 in Bitcoin Robbery in Bali ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp A Russian blogger is counting heavy losses after a robbery incident in Bali that saw him lose nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Bitcoin. Earli...

Military Casualties In Russia-Ukraine War Are Likely Less Than Commonly Stated

At the start of March, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated that the Russian military casualties exceeded 150,000. Meanwhile, several reports indicate that Ukrainian military casua...

Russian investment firm unveils crypto mining mutual fund

According to Russian business outlet Kommersant, Russian investment management firm Finam management has unveiled a new fund intended to finance crypto mining operations in the country. The fund will ...

Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors

A Russian army MT-LB with a 2M-3 naval gun mount. Via social media The Russian army is welding 80-year-old gun mounts, originally built to arm patrol boats, onto 70-year-old armored tractors—and sendi...

Secretary Of State Blinken Unexpectedly Meets With Russian Counterpart At G20 Meeting

Topline Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had an unscheduled meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in New Delhi, multiple outlets report, as tensions esca...

Why Russia’s ‘Weapon From Hell’ Produces Visible Shockwaves

Recent videos of Russian rocket attacks in Ukraine show dramatic visible shockwaves emanating from the explosions. These videos are identified as strikes by TOS-1A multiple rocket launchers firing the...

Russian Tanks Have Crude Mine-Defenses. They Don’t Work Against The Latest American Mines.

KMT-5. Russian army photo The Russian army’s winter offensive is failing almost everywhere that isn’t Bakhmut. Ukrainian anti-tank mines—some buried, others scattered by special artillery shells—are a...

Russian Troops Keep Rolling Into The Same Kill Zone Outside Vuhledar

A Russian tank explodes at the intersection outside Vuhledar. Via social media There’s a road intersection, a few hundred yards outside the town of Mykilske in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, that ha...

Russian ruble (USD/RUB) faces moment of reckoning as war intensifies

The Russian ruble has had a rough ride since the invasion of Ukraine started in 2022. After initially soaring to a record high of 154, the USD/RUB exchange rate plunged to a low of 50.77. This 67% sur...

Huobi, KuCoin reportedly transacting with sanctioned Russian banks

A report by open-source intelligence company Inca Digital alleges that two major crypto exchanges, Huobi and KuCoin, have been letting customers of sanctioned Russian banks make transactions on their ...