Topline Authorities in Transnistria, a Moscow-backed breakaway region of Moldova that borders Ukraine, reported two explosions on Tuesday morning, the second instance of violence reported in as many d...
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Don’t Underestimate Threat Of Nuclear War, Russian Foreign Minister Warns
Topline Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said that the threat of a nuclear war “should not be underestimated” as he accused NATO of engaging in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, a wa...
Chanel Opens Three Boutiques In April Following The Shuttering Of Russian Stores In March
The Chanel seasonal boutique in Bodrum, Turkey Photo Courtesy of Chanel While the war in Ukraine may have prompted Chanel to close its boutiques in Russia, it’s open store season elsewhere for t...
The Russian Banking Union Demands Non Custodial Accounts Outlawed
By launching noncustodial crypto-wallets, bankers will establish accountability to prevent capital outflow. Russia is seeking to construct a closed-loop of cryptocurrency circulation, which necessitat...
Putin Alleges Ukraine And CIA Are Plotting To Kill Russian Journalists In Latest Conspiracy Theory
Topline Russian state media latched onto a dubious plot to assassinate some of the most famous Russians tied to the country’s state-run media operations Monday, a plot President Vladimir Putin alleged...
Crypto Becomes Lifeline for Russian Emigrés Opposing Putin’s War in Ukraine
However, this method, at the end, felt too costly and clunky for Alexander to use regularly, he said. Now, he’s looking into more traditional, fiat remittance options that still work for Russian citiz...
Georgians Sell Russian Regions as NFTs to Raise Money for Ukraine – Coinotizia
A tech innovations firm based in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is now “selling Russia piece by piece” in the form of NFTs. The money from the collectibles, representing almost 2,500 Russian regions, will ...
Georgians Sell Russian Regions as NFTs to Raise Money for Ukraine – Bitcoin News
A tech innovations firm based in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is now “selling Russia piece by piece” in the form of NFTs. The money from the collectibles, representing almost 2,500 Russian regions, will ...
Binance denies report it agreed to share user data with Russian FSB-controlled agencies
Binance posted a denial yesterday of a Reuters report saying that it had agreed to share user information with a Russian financial intelligence agency called Rosfin that collects and analyzes data, an...
Binance Denies Sharing Users Data with Russian Intelligence Agencies
Binance exchange has responded to allegations by Reuters that its Russian subsidiary has close ties to the country’s financial regulator called Rosfinmonitoring. In the Reuters report, it was alleged ...
Binance agreed to share data with Russian government agency: report
Binance reportedly agreed to share user information with a Russian agency that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions as the crypto exchange seeks to enjoy better relations wit...
The Ukrainians Keep Blowing Up Russian Command Posts And Killing Generals
Wrecked vehicles at a destroyed Russian command post. Photo via social media Eight years ago, a trio of Ukrainian army brigades fighting Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region m...
Binance Denies Sharing User Data With Russian Agencies
Binance on Saturday vehemently denied media reports stating the exchange shared user data with Russian agencies. The world’s largest crypto exchange also refuted claims it shared data linked to Bitcoi...
Binance slams claims of sharing user data with Russian regulators and FSB agencies as ‘categorically false’
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance has hit back at claims that the platform was sharing user data with Russian regulators and FSB-controlled agencies. Binance label...
Binance pushes back against report exchange supplied customer data to Russian government
Major crypto exchange Binance challenged the accuracy of a report, which stated one of its regional heads agreed to supply Russia’s financial intelligence unit with customer data potentially rel...
Binance Refutes Allegations It Shared User Data With Russian Intelligence
In brief Reuters reported that Binance agreed to provide Russian intelligence with user data. Binance denies the claims. Leading global cryptocurrency exchange Binance today refuted a Reuters report c...
Russian Vodka Imports Into U.S. Are Almost At Asterisk Level
The liquor category, which includes tequila as well as vodka, gun, rum and whiskey, is having a … [+] record year for imports into the United States in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data...
Reports emerge of how Russian agency made Binance reveal its clients data
Details have emerged for the first time about how the world’s largest crypto exchange platform, Binance, worked with a financial intelligence agency in Russia. This relationship, according to an in-d...
Binance Reportedly Handed Over Client Data to Russian Intelligence
New reports revealed that in April 2021, Binance allegedly agreed to hand over client data to Russia’s financial intelligence unit, according to a Reuters. At the time, the agency known as Rosfinmonit...
Russian official admits sanctions are crippling the economy as the country grapples with a selloff and mass shortages
The ruble may not be showing it, but Western economic sanctions imposed against Russia are working. In revealing testimony before the Duma parliament, the head of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) told...
Binance Denies Allegations It Shared Russian Users’ Data With Law Enforcement
According to Reuters, last April, Gleb Kostarev, Binance head of Eastern Europe and Russia, met with Russia’s anti-money laundering agency, Rosfinmonitoring (Rosfin). According to Kostarev’...
Why Russia Would Want To Capture Land Leading To Moldova’s Transnistria
Topline A Russian general’s stated goal of extending Russian-controlled territory to a tiny, pro-Kremlin breakaway state in eastern Moldova threatens to usher in a new chapter of fighting in Ukraine, ...
Binance Curtails Services to Russian Users in Light of New EU Crypto Sanctions – crypto.news
Following the European Union’s new sanctions on Moscow, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume curtails services in Russia, one of its key markets. Binance Limits Russia Service...
Digital Ruble Coming Next Year, Says Russian Central Bank Governor
Russia’s central bank said it plans on having a digital ruble prepared by next year, as part of the country’s effort to circumvent Western sanctions. Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina told the...
Leading Crypto Exchange Binance Shuts Down Russian Accounts in Compliance With New EU Sanctions
Crypto exchange giant Binance says it will halt services in Russia to comply with the latest round of restrictive measures imposed on the embattled nation by the European Union (EU). According to a ne...
Binance Limits Crypto Services to Russian Users After EU’s Latest Sanctions Package
Following the European Union’s (EU) fifth sanctions package against Russia, Binance has begun taking “restrictive measures” against Russian users and entities. Russian users with accounts holding mor...
Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza For Spreading Disinformation, Lawyer Says
Topline Russia has opened a criminal case against opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza—who previously survived two suspected poisonings in Russia—for spreading “false information,” his lawyer said ...
Renault Shows Financial Resilience As Industry Negatives Mount
French carmaker Renault CEO Luca de Meo stands amid new Renault Megane E-Tech electric cars. Renault … [+] is considering spinning off its electric car assets. (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via G...