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...
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Russian Troops Just Shot Down One Of Their Own Planes. It Was One Of Their Most Precise.
An Su-34 takes off for a strike in Ukraine. Russian state media capture Russian air-defense troops apparently shot down a high-tech fighter-bomber over eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Just one problem: it ...
Russian Blockchain Atomyze Launched Palladium Backed Digital Asset
The Central Bank of Russia turned from askin ban on crypto assets to approving the Atomyze blockchain. Recent successful measures of Atomyze may result in boosting Russian blockchain and crypto ...
Russian Activists Turn to Crypto for Donations to Aid Ukraine Refugees
There is another reason crypto might be preferable for Russians willing to help Ukrainians, said Vlad, a volunteer for Ethos, a fund created by Russian expats that helps refugees rent apartments in Ar...
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...
EU Shipowners Race to Move Russian Oil Before Sanctions Kick In
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Russian President Signs Bill To Ban Digital Assets Payments In Russia
Per Bitcoin.com, Russia’s Head of State Vladimir Putin, recently signed a bill that seeks to ban payments with digital financial assets (DFAs) into law. The State Duma noted this on Thursday, this mov...
Russian President Putin Signed A Bill Banning Payments With Bitcoin And Crypto
– Advertisement – Putin signed a bill banning payments for goods and services with cryptocurrencies. According to local media RBC, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill making i...
European Energy Crisis Spurs Maritime Fueling Innovation
An aerial view shows a section of the Sunny Liger, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with a … [+] consignment of Russian diesel, anchored in the North Sea, near IJmuiden, on April 30, 2022. R...
Brittney Griner Had Doctor’s Note For Cannabis Use, Lawyers Say In Russian Court
Topline Lawyers representing WNBA star Brittney Griner presented proof Griner received medical clearance in the U.S. for cannabis use during her Russian trial on drug charges Friday, adding credibilit...
Brittney Griner’s Russian Teammate And Director Provide Character Witness In Trial
Topline WNBA star Brittney Griner’s Russian trial over drug charges which she pleaded guilty to last week ended Thursday without a verdict, as the owner of her Russian basketball team and a teammate t...
Ukraine seizes $3 million in cash, other assets from crypto traders accused of funneling Russian funds
Ukrainian authorities have broken up what they say was a crypto trading desk that illegally funneled money for Russians. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office on July 12 announced the seizu...
At Least 20 Dead Including Three Children After Russian Missile Strike On Central Ukraine City
Topline At least 20 people were killed on Thursday after a barrage of Russian missiles struck residential and office buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, in a continuation of strikes ...
The Band Dispatch Sings In Russian To Aid Ukraine Against The Invasion
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 06: Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan of Dispatch perform at Forest Hills … [+] Stadium on July 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Getty Image...
Russian Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT to Prevent Disconnection of Nations, Banks – Coinotizia
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers sa...
Russian Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT to Prevent Disconnection of Nations, Banks – Finance Bitcoin News
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers sa...
Russian Overreach Gives New Urgency To Arctic Emergency Drills
Exercise Argus participants meet off Greenland. U.S. Coast Guard It is no secret that the consequences of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine stretch far beyond the European battlefield. In the far n...
Desperate Russian Troops Apparently Lobbed Anti-Air Missiles At Ukrainian Targets On Land
Russian S-300s. Russian state media photo Russian forces in Ukraine reportedly have fired S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at Ukrainian targets … on the ground. If true, that’s yet more evidence of ...
Russian Sberbank Conducts First Digital Asset Trade on its Blockchain Platform
Sberbank, a Russian majority state-owned bank, announced on Saturday that it has conducted the first digital financial asset transaction on its own platform. The lender said that through the use of i...
At Least 15 Killed In Russian Strike On Ukrainian Apartments, Officials Say
Topline A Russian strike on two residential buildings in eastern Ukraine killed at least 15 people and may have left dozens more stranded under the rubble, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as Russian ...
Russian Finance Minister backs legalization of transactions with stablecoins
The Russian Ministry of Finance (Minfin) is prepared to support the legality of transactions in Russia that use stablecoins, as per a high-ranking government representative. Indeed, the head of the F...
Germany Reopens Coal Plants Because Of Reduced Russian Energy
Topline Germany’s parliament on Friday agreed to reactivate retired coal power plants to generate electricity, decreasing their reliance on precarious Russian supplies, but potentially bringing the co...
G7’S Overambitious Plan To Punish Russian Oil And Alter The Future Of Oil Markets
The facilities of the oil refinery on the industrial site of PCK-Raffinerie GmbH are illuminated in … [+] the evening. Crude oil from Russia arrives at the oil refinery via the “Friendship...
Russian Banking Association Head Proposes Crypto Exchange Under MOEX
Aksakov emphasised that MOEX is entirely complying with the central bank laws. As a result of the penalties, MOEX’s activities were put on hold for a month. It was recommended by the Head of state of ...
Proposal to Set Up Russian Crypto Exchange Circulated in Moscow – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Russia may establish a dedicated exchange to carry out cryptocurrency transactions locally, a high-ranking member of the State Duma has suggested. The new platform can be hosted by the Moscow Exchange...
The Moscow Exchange is a good base for crypto trading, Russian lawmaker says
Russia continues sending mixed messages about the legal status of cryptocurrency, with a parliament official urging the launch of crypto trading on the country’s largest stock exchange. The Moscow Exc...
Ukrainian Troops Just Hoisted Their Flag On Snake Island—Then Speeded Away As Russian Missiles Rained Down
Ukrainian forces on Snake Island on July 7, 2022. Ukrainian defense ministry photo A team of Ukrainian troops riding in at least one machine-gun-armed small boat landed on Snake Island around dawn on ...
US and Allies Are Capping Russian Oil between $40-$60 to Limit Revenues
The UK said it would phase out Russian oil imports by the end of the year. The US and its allies have reportedly discussed capping Russian oil at $40-$60 per barrel. The matter was revealed by anonymo...
Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty To Russian Drug Charges
Topline WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in Russian court on Thursday, Reuters and Russian news agency Tass report, days after the trial began. WNBA basketball super...