Ukrainian commandos atop their captured SNAR-10M1. Ukrainian army photo via social media In seven weeks of fighting, Ukrainian troops have captured no fewer than 982 Russian vehicles. Among them are s...
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Saxo Bank to Stop Providing Services to Russian and Belarusian Clients, Report Says
Danish financial firm, Saxo Bank has reportedly notified its Russian and Belarusian clients about the termination of services. According to a report published by RBC, the closure of services will take...
EU Limits Russian Cryptocurrency Deposits to €10,000
Key Takeaways The European Union will prohibit crypto services from accepting deposits from Russian sources greater than €10,000. This rule applies to companies that provide wallet, account or custody...
Russian Aluminum Company Chairman Urges Investigation Of Bucha Massacre
Topline The head of the Russian metals company Rusal, the world’s second largest aluminum firm, on Thursday called for a “thorough” investigation of the attacks in Bucha in a rare rebuke of the war co...
‘There is nothing else out there’: why Europe is hooked on Russian gas
As outrage over the war in Ukraine grows, European leaders are under mounting pressure to expand sanctions against Russia and end the EU’s decades-long dependence on the country’s oil and gas once and...
Russian Forces ‘Fully Withdrawn’ From Northern Ukraine, U.K. Defense Ministry Says
Topline Russian forces have now “fully withdrawn” from northern Ukraine and at least some will be transferred to fight in the eastern Ukraine, the U.K.’s defense ministry said on Friday, as Moscow shi...
Nobel Prize-Winning Russian Journalist Dmitry Muratov Attacked On Train In Russia
Topline Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian Novaya Gazeta newspaper who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his critical and investigative coverage of the Russian government, was...
Putin Spokesperson Admits ‘Significant Losses’ Of Russian Troops In Ukraine
Topline Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted Russia has suffered “significant losses of troops” during its invasion of Ukraine and claimed in an interview with British media Thursday that Russia’s...
Senate Unanimously Passes Russian Oil And Gas Ban After Biden’s Executive Order
Topline The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill to ban Russian energy imports, building on an executive order signed by President Joe Biden last month and adding to a slew of retaliatory measu...
Yellen says crypto hasn’t been used for significant Russian sanctions evasion so far
United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that her department is not seeing significant use of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions placed o...
Russia: The Oligarch Files
When Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, he upended the complex, often corrupt, world of Russia’s oligarchs, wreaking havoc on their massive fortunes and their sp...
Russian Forces Withdraw From Kyiv And Chernihiv — Here’s What They Look Like Now
Topline A Pentagon official told reporters Wednesday all Russian troops had left the areas of Kyiv and Chernihiv to regroup and resupply in Belarus and Russia — now Ukrainian locals are mourning lost ...
Congresswoman calls Yellen to account for work on targeting crypto in Russian sanctions evasion
Lawmakers want more answers on the Treasury’s work targeting crypto in Russia’s sanctions evasion. On April 6, Janet Yellen, secretary of the US Treasury Department, testified before the H...
Kinross Gold to sell off 100% of its Russian assets to Highland Gold Mining
Kinross Gold Corp. KGC, K, +0.55% announced Tuesday an agreement to sell all of its Russian assets for a total of $680 million in cash to Highland Gold Mining. The Toronto-based gold miner said the sa...
DOJ Charges Russian Oligarch Malofeyev With Sanctions Violations, Disrupts Botnet
Topline The Department of Justice charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations—for a scheme allegedly pursued nearly a decade ago—according to an indictment unsealed on Wedn...
European Stocks Set for Retracement Following Hawkish Fed Sentiments & Fresh Russian Sanctions
The Fed plan to reduce its balance sheet and raise interest rates is already impacting European stocks, with several indexes set to decline. European stocks may likely pullback following a new wave of...
US Treasury Department Sanctions Russian Darknet Market and Crypto Exchange
Hydra Market is the largest and most widely used darknet market in the world. It was founded in 2015 and offers services such as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), hacking, counterfeit currency, illicit ...
Driver Dies After Crashing Car Into Gates Of Russian Embassy In Romania, Reports Say
Topline A man has died after crashing his car into the gate of Russia’s embassy in Romania on Wednesday, according to local police and news reports, the latest in a series of incidents at Russian miss...
Don’t Expect U.S. Miners to Replace Russian Coal in Europe
(Bloomberg) — U.S. coal miners including Peabody Energy Corp. are surging as the European Union proposes banning imports of the fuel from Russia. But it will be difficult, if not impossible, for...
Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra Shut Down, $25M in Bitcoin Seized
Federal police have closed down the servers of a Russian darknet marketplace, Hydra, which experienced a sales boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 5, according to a statement from the German F...
US, Germany Sanction Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra, Seize Bitcoins
The authorities in the United States and Germany have imposed sanctions on Russia-based Hydra Market (Hydra), which has been labeled as the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market. The annua...
Ukrainian Prosecutors Are Investigating Nearly 4,700 Alleged War Crimes By Russian Forces
Topline Ukrainian officials on Tuesday said they have opened an investigation into alleged torture and killing of civilians by Russian forces in the city of Bucha near Kyiv as the total tally of alleg...
Ukraine accepts crypto-donations to rebuild buildings affected by Russian conflict
TL;DR Breakdown • NFT auction in Ukraine raised about $600000.• FAPDH agent believes that cryptos help with problem between neighboring countries. Since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia began, ...
U.S.-German Joint Operation Seizes $25m Worth of Bitcoin, Shuting Down Russian Darkened Marketplace Hydra
In collaboration with the U.S. Justice Department, German authorities announced Tuesday that they managed to shut down the Hydra market, the most prominent Russian darknet market, and consequently sei...
US sanctions world’s largest darknet market, Russian crypto exchange
The US Treasury has announced its latest sanctions targeting Russian cybercrime, this time against the largest darknet market in the world. On Tuesday the Treasury announced sanctions on Hydra market ...
Biden Will Reportedly Ban New Russian Investments In Latest Round Of Sanctions
Topline The United States and its allies are planning to ban all new investment in Russia on Wednesday, several news outlets reported, part of a broader package of sanctions set to be issued just days...
The Russian Invasion, Cyber War, And Global Supply Chains
A close-up on an abstract design of a display, which is warning about a cyber attack. Multiple rows … [+] of hexadecimal code are interrupted by red glowing warnings and single character exclama...
Germany Halts Russian Darknet Marketplace Hydra, Confiscates $25 Million in Bitcoin
Frankfurt’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) conducted a joint operation against the Russian Darknet Marketplace “Hydra Market.” The authoriti...
Speculation Mounts on Cutting Off Russian Oil – Trustnodes
Europe and Russia stand on the brink of a generational rapture as EU ambassadors meet tomorrow with new sanctions to be announced. Coal is banned, the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, sa...
EU Chief Von Der Leyen Will Visit Zelensky In Kyiv As More Countries Expel Russian Diplomats Over Bucha
Topline European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv this week, according to the chief spokesperson for the Commission on Tuesd...
France Expels Russian Diplomats—But Still Faces Criticism Of How It’s Handled Russia
Topline France expelled “many” Russian diplomats from the country, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs France announced in a statement Monday, though France continued to face criticism for its re...
A Russian Attack On Odessa Could Be Naval Suicide
‘Saratov’ burns in Berdyansk. YouTube capture Russia had a chance to cut off Ukraine from the sea. It blew it. Now it’s highly likely, however and whenever the war ends, that Ukraine still...