Russian Bank Finds Novel Way to Pay Lenders and Bypass Wall Street, Sanctions

(Bloomberg) — Sovcombank PJSC will offer a bond swap to its Eurobond holders to bypass the foreign banking web that has been blocking payments of Russian borrowers after sanctions were imposed f...

Why yachts and assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs are targets of U.S.

From chasing down yachts to seizing Italian villas, the global effort to punish Russian oligarchs for their financial ties to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been unprecedented. For its...

Russian central bank needs to ease up digital asset projects, governor says

Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia, has admitted that Russia’s central bank might have taken a bit too tough a stance on digital assets and should look to reconsider that. On Thursday, ...

Binance Limits Services to Russian Users to Comply With EU Sanctions – Exchanges Bitcoin News

Following the latest round of EU restrictions against Russia, digital asset exchange Binance is limiting services to Russian clients. The company pledged to lead the industry in implementing the sanct...

Russian Tax Authority Proposes Crypto Use as a Foreign Trade Payment Tool – crypto.news

According to a report published by Izvestia, Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS) gave its feedback on the draft of a crypto bill submitted by the Finance Ministry. The tax agency proposed allowing comp...

US levies fresh sanctions against Russian entities, including Bitcoin miner BitRiver

The U.S. has announced new sanctions against entities connected to Russia, and this time around, one of them is a crypto mining company, according to a Reuters report. BitRiver operations hit with san...

Russian Foreign Trade might involve crypto and BItcoin in the future

Crypto guideline in Russia are underway with the Federal Tax Service (FTS)  A suddenly unpolished recommendation might be passed soon in the country   It will allow Russian organizations to allow cryp...

US Treasury sanctions Russian crypto miners, its first sanction on mining

advertisement Today, the US Treasury took aim at Russia’s cryptocurrency mining industry. On April 20, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added Russia-based cryptocurrency min...

EU Sanctions Prompt Binance to Introduce Russian Restrictions

Binance has introduced restrictions for Russian nationals in compliance with the fifth round of EU sanctions against Russia. The exchange will be limiting services for “Russian nationals or natural pe...

Binance Restricts Services To Russian Users In Light Of EU’s Latest Sanctions ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has announced that it is undertaking serious restrictions on Russian users following ...

Russian Billionaire Alekperov Resigns As Lukoil CEO Amid Sanctions Over Ukraine

Topline Russian billionaire Vagit Alekperov stepped down as CEO of Russia’s second-largest oil company, Lukoil, the company said on Thursday, days after the U.K. and the EU sanctioned the former Sovie...

Crypto Exchange Binance to Limit Services to Russian Users

Leading crypto exchange Binance said it will be restricting its services to Russian users in a bid to comply with the European Union (EU) fifth package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of ...

Novak Djokovic Hits Out At Wimbledon’s ‘Crazy’ Decision To Ban Russian And Belarusian Players

Topline Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic on Wednesday criticized Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s event after the organizer of the grand slam tourname...

Serena Williams, Lewis Hamilton Join U.K. Bid To Buy Chelsea From Russian Billionaire Abramovich, Report Says

Topline Serena Williams and Sir Lewis Hamilton have reportedly backed a bid to buy Chelsea Football Club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, according to Sky News on Thursday, as the global bid...

US Treasury Department Imposes Sanctions on Russian Crypto Mining Firm Bitriver

The United States announced that it has added Bitriver, a Russian cryptocurrency mining firm, to its sanctions list.  The latest movement is part of the US ongoing efforts to block Russian companies f...

Binance Limits Services for Russian Nationals

After the introduction of EU’s 5th package of restrictive measures against Russia, digital asset trading platform Binance today announced restrictions on Russian accounts holding more than 10,000 EUR ...

Putin Claims Russia Has ‘Liberated’ Mariupol, Orders Siege Of Steel Plant Where Ukrainian Fighters Remain

Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his country’s forces had successfully captured the key port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine which has been under a bloody siege for nearly two mon...

Binance Cracks Down On Russian Users After New Sanctions

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it was required to limit trading activities of Russian users in light of new European sanctions against Moscow. The exchange said it will limit servi...

U.S. Unleashes New Sanctions Against Russian Oligarchs, Bank And Crypto Miner BitRiver

The US Department of the Treasury is targeting companies, oligarchs, and bitcoin miners operating in Russia for the first time ever as the country’s conflict on Ukraine enters its third month. Treasur...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Crypto Mining Operation Amid New Token Launch

In a press release today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking action against companies in Russia’s virtual currency mining industry. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Bi...

Russian tax authority proposes using crypto as a foreign trade payment tool

Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS) has joined the debate around crypto regulation in Russia with an unexpectedly blunt proposition — to let Russian companies use digital currencies as a payment ...

Yellen Walks Out On Russian Official During G20 Meeting

Topline Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and officials from several other countries walked out of a Group of 20 meeting in Washington on Wednesday when a Russian delegate spoke, a source familiar with ...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Crypto Miners

Key Takeaways The U.S. Treasury and OFAC have introduced sanctions against BitRiver, a Russia- and Switzerland-based crypto mining company. BitRiver is named along with ten of its subsidiaries in a li...

US Sanctions Russian Crypto Mining Host Bitriver

“Treasury is also taking action against companies in Russia’s virtual currency mining industry. By operating vast server farms that sell virtual currency mining capacity internationally, these c...

Wimbledon Bans Russian And Belarusian Tennis Players — Here’s Who’s Affected

Topline Two of the world’s top tennis players—Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka—will be banned from Wimbledon this year after the famed British grand slam tournament organizers announced Wednesday t...

Netflix Reels From Russia And Competition

Netflix logo (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Getty Images The best bull markets ignore almost all news events. Traders do not care about unique disruptions like pandemics or wars. Macroeconomics get a...

Russian, Belarusian Players Officially Barred From Wimbledon

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 &...

Russian Bankers Suggest Criminalizing Crypto Storage in Non-Custodial Wallets – Coinotizia

Keeping cryptocurrencies in non-custodial wallets may be criminalized in Russia, if authorities accept a proposal from the trade association representing Russian banks. While financial regulators thin...

Russian Bankers Suggest Criminalizing Crypto Storage in Non-Custodial Wallets – Regulation Bitcoin News

Keeping cryptocurrencies in non-custodial wallets may be criminalized in Russia, if authorities accept a proposal from the trade association representing Russian banks. While financial regulators thin...

Ireland Bans Crypto Donations for Political Parties Fearing Russian Intervention (Report)

Citing fears of Russian intervention, Irish authorities have implemented new integrity rules that prohibit political donations sent in the form of cryptocurrencies. The nation has also incorporated st...

IMF still trying to pin Russian sanctions evasion on crypto

The IMF has doggedly continued to accuse the crypto sector as a place where Russia can dodge the sanctions imposed on it by the Western alliance. From anonymising tools to crypto mining, the IMF appea...

Why is the Russian Ruble booming, and could it be worth shorting ?

A friend sent me a message regarding a rather interesting investment opportunity the other day, which got me thinking: You know, it’s a funny one. Russia invade Ukraine and the world into levels econo...