OSAKA, JAPAN – JUNE 28: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Indian Prime Minister … [+] Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) pose for a group photo prior t...
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Russian Darknet Markets, Ransomware Groups Thrive Despite Sanctions, Report – Bitcoin News
Russian marketplaces on the dark web have continued to operate despite Western sanctions and efforts to shut them down, according to a report accessing the illicit blockchain space amid the world’s “f...
As Russian Forces Push Toward Bakhmut, Ukrainian Crews In Upgraded T-64 Tanks Push Back
17th Tank Brigade. Via social media The Russian army and its mercenary allies are shoving many of their best remaining forces into the sector around the ruins of Bakhmut, a ruined town in eastern Ukra...
4 Russian Nationals Indicted in Running a $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The US authorities alleged Vladimir Okhotnikov, Olena Oblamska, Mikhail Sergeev, and Sergey Maslakov – the founders of the dubious cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage – to have orchestrated a g...
Russian Ransomware Projects Rebranded to Avoid Western Sanctions: Report
Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs revealed that some major Russian-linked ransomware syndicates rebranded their activities in 2022 to avoid sanctions from Western countries. According to a new ...
Huobi and KuCoin serve customers of sanctioned Russian banks: Politco
Ad Crypto exchanges Huobi and KuCoin continue to provide services to users of sanctioned Russian banks, according to a report from Politico on Feb. 24. The news publication cited a report from Inca Di...
Ukraine War Illustrates Importance Of American Energy Dominance
Ukrainian servicemen get ready to repel an attack in Ukraine’s Lugansk region on February 24, 2022. … [+] – Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine...
One Year Of Putin’s War In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed a military attack on Ukraine, without any provocation and without any credible justification. And while on February 24, 2023, the world marks the year of the war,...
Biden Reportedly Plans $2 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Ahead Of Feared Russian Offensive
Topline The Biden administration is preparing a $2 billion aid package to Ukraine, multiple outlets reported Thursday, amid renewed warnings Russia could be planning another military offensive timed a...
Ukraine’s Yaroslav Amosov — After Fighting Russian Forces — Returns To The Cage Saturday At Bellator 291
Bellator chamption Yaroslav Amosov, resting his head on his hands, and other Ukrainian soldiers … [+] prepare to face Russian forces. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES) Los Angeles Times via Getty...
Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme – Bitcoin News
Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. If convicted, they would face a maximum penalty of 20 year...
How Iran’s Acquisition Of Russian Military Hardware Could Impact The Middle East
Iran might soon receive advanced Su-35 Flanker-E multirole fighter jets from Russia and possibly other military equipment, including S-400 air defense missile systems. How substantially these acquisit...
Ukrainian Pilots Could Toss Their New GPS-Guided Bombs 50 Miles Behind Russian Lines
Via Quora The United States is supplying Ukraine with winged, GPS-guided bombs, Bloomberg reported. The Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range lends itself to a special bombing method—one that ad...
The Russian Army Is Time-Traveling Back To 1966 As It Reequips With Hundreds Of Old BMP-1 Fighting Vehicles
BMP-1. Wikimedia Commons The Soviet BMP-1 was one of the first modern infantry fighting vehicles. It both reflected, and helped to drive, profound changes in Soviet ground-combat doctrine when it ente...
How Europe Ditched Russian Fossil Fuels With Spectacular Speed
(Bloomberg) — Europe’s most remarkable response to Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t been marshaling military equipment and billions of euros in aid. It’s been the unprecedented speed of an energy ...
Russian Oil Flows to China Hit Highest Levels Since Ukraine Invasion
(Bloomberg) — Russian exports of discounted crude and fuel oil to China have jumped to record levels as the re-opening of the world’s biggest energy importer gathers pace after the dismantling o...
U.S. And 34 Other Nations ‘Do Not Agree’ Russian Athletes Should Be In 2024 Olympics—Boycott Brewing
Topline Representatives from 34 nations—including the U.S., Canada, the UK and host country France—said Monday they “do not agree” Russian or Belarusian athletes should participate in the 2024 Paris O...
How the Russian economy self-immolated in the year since Putin invaded Ukraine
A year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, some cynics lament that the unprecedented economic pressure campaign against Russia has not yet ended the Putin regime. What they’re missing is the transforma...
Russian Oil Exports Surge With Days to Go Until Cuts Begin
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude exports jumped last week, with just days to go before the world’s third-largest producer is due to cut output. Most Read from Bloomberg The coun...
Ukraine Is On Track To Win The War Against Russia, With The Partner’s Support.
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, … [+] Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All righ...
When Russian Troops Got Stuck In a Minefield Near Vuhledar, They Deployed A ‘Flamethrower’ Rocket Launcher. The Ukrainians Blew It Up.
A TOS-1A the Ukrainians captured last year. Via social media Desperate to break through Ukrainian defenses around Vuhledar, a major strongpoint in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, the Russian army dep...
Bill Allows Russian Financial Platforms to Operate Blockchains, Issue Digital Assets – Finance Bitcoin News
A draft law filed in the Russian parliament permits operators of platforms providing financial services to also run blockchain platforms. The legislation will allow them to combine their regular activ...
In A Few Years, The Russian Army Could Run Out Of Tanks. What Happens Then?
Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Uralvagonzavod in 2015. Wikimedia Commons Two or three years. That’s how long the Russian army might have before it runs out of tanks, according to one estimate...
Russian ruble (USD/RUB) faces moment of reckoning
The USD/RUB price continued its comeback after several Fed officials turned extremely hawkish following the strong US economic numbers. It also rebounded as natural gas prices crashed to the lowest po...
Sanctions on Russian oil are having the ‘intended effect,’ IEA says
Russia announced that it would cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day in March after the West slapped price caps on Russian oil and oil products. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Ima...
Reddit MOON Token Is Now More Valuable Than a Russian Ruble
Reddit’s MOON token is growing in value and becoming more popular. A single MOON is now worth more than 100 fiat currencies. The popular token is associated with the r/cryptocurrency subreddit. User m...
After Losing An Eighth Of Their Helicopters, Russian Attack Regiments Are Switching Up Their Tactics
An Mi-28 attack helicopter in or near Ukraine. Russian defense ministry capture After taking a brutal beating in the first year of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian air force’s attack helicop...
The Ukrainians Are Converting Worthless Russian Tanks Into Priceless Engineering Vehicles
A Ukrainian BREM-1 recovers a Russian T-72. Via social media The Ukrainian army finally has found a good use for at least some of the dozens of ancient Russian army T-62 tanks it has captured. The Ukr...
Washington Is Escalating Its Military Role In Ukraine. What Happens When Russia Reacts?
Carl Sandburg relates the story of a friend visiting Abraham Lincoln at the White House near the end of the Civil War, and remarking how improbable it was that the nation had turned to a “one-horse” l...
Iranian Drones Are Being Modified To Russian Specifications
As Russia and Iran push ahead with plans to build a new factory for manufacturing thousands of loitering munitions (single-use, self-detonating drones) for the Ukraine war, remnants of one of these dr...