A Russian national accused of processing cryptocurrency payments from ransomware attacks has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the United States. The man who was extradited from the Netherlands in...
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Russian Crypto Executive Anatoly Legkodymov Arrested in Miami
Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov – the founder of a China-based cryptocurrency exchange who was believed to have been living in China for the past several years – was recently arrested while residi...
The Ukrainian Army Just Blew Up One Of The Russian Army’s 10 Terminator Fighting Vehicles
The BMP-T explodes. Ukrainian army capture The single company of unique BMP-T Terminator fighting vehicles that the Russian army deployed to eastern Ukraine last spring was, for many months, pretty lu...
Russian government subsidizes crypto mining facility in Siberia
The crypto mining industry has faced moratoriums in some parts of the United States and Canada in recent months. Now, Russia provides tax incentives for those who want to invest in crypto mining. With...
Russian government subsidizes Siberian crypto mining operation
The Russian government is giving incentives for crypto mining investors and $12 million in support for building a crypto mining operation in Siberia to solidify its positive disposition toward crypto ...
Russian government gives green light to crypto mining operation in Siberia
Ad The Russian government announced on Feb. 8 that it would start providing direct financial support to a cryptocurrency mining operation set to launch in Siberia later this year. According to Russia...
Putin Likely Supplied Missile System That Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight, Investigators Say
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin likely supplied the anti-aircraft missile system that was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing nearly 300 people, according to fin...
Russian Aluminum Tariffs Mostly Good For Speculators, Not Much Else
The logo of Russian aluminum giant Rusal is pictured on its headquarters in Moscow on April 18, … [+] 2021. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)...
World Holds Breath For Russian Surge – Trustnodes
500,000 Russian troops are at the edges of Europe near or in Ukraine in what the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) described as an “imminent offensive.” “We do not underestimate our enemy,” the Ukr...
Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossi...
Russian Bank to launch its DeFi platform by May
Russia’s biggest banking institution, Sberbank, is on track to launch its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform by May. In December 2021, Sberbank’s investment arm announced the launch of the first bl...
China Helping Russia’s War With Ukraine With Military Aid—Violating Sanctions—Reports Show
Topline China is providing military aid to Russia in violation of U.S.-led sanctions placed by western countries, according to Russian trade data reported by the Wall Street Journal, as tensions build...
CFTC comments on hack with possible Russian link
The commodity futures trading commission (CFTC) has released a statement on the cyber-related incident at Ion cleared derivatives; Ion became a victim of a possible Russian-linked ransomware attack on...
Former Russian Billionaire Mysteriously Died Last Year. Now His Family Is Feuding Over His Fortune
Dmitry Zelenov and his widow Natalia, pictured here in Miami in 2016. getty On December 4, real estate baron Dmitry Zelenov became one of the latest Russian oligarchs to mysteriously pass away after h...
Regardless of the Federal Reserve’s Caution, Change Is Coming to Money and Banking
When the tragic invasion of Ukraine began last February, Russian people eager to avoid entrapment in a war that vandalized reason turned to dollars. Get it? Not only do dollars liquefy a fair amount o...
How We Got Here And What To Do About It
(Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images As we watch the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, we canno...
Shell Reports Record Profits As Oil Giants—Including Exxon, Chevron—Cash In On Sky-High Prices After Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
Topline British energy giant Shell on Thursday reported its highest-ever annual profits, beating expectations and following record announcements from American heavyweights Chevron and Exxon Mobil as t...
US Treasury Sanctions Hit Russian Arms Dealer’s Crypto Wallets
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed full blocking sanctions on 22 individuals and entities across several countries, including Russia and Cyprus, ...
Russian Crypto Traders Offered Exchange Accounts On Dark Web
Russian residents are being sold ready-to-use Bitcoin exchange accounts on the dark web. There were 400 new advertisements for ready-made, verified wallets on various exchanges in December. Basic logi...
Ukraine Uses Camouflage Nets To Snare Russian Drones Attacking Its Artillery
VERKHNOTORETSKE, DONETSK, UKRAINE – 2021/12/27: Ukrainian army vehicle seen under the masking net in … [+] the Verkhnotoretske village that is situated on the very frontline between Ukrain...
Russian Marines Just Attempted Another Frontal Assault On Ukrainian Positions Around Pavlivka. The Result Was Predictably Bloody.
An M-109 howitzer reportedly belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Three months after it got wrecked trying and failing to punch through Ukr...
As Russian And Belarusian Players Contend At Australian Open, John McEnroe, Billie Jean King Urge Wimbledon To Lift Ban
Billie-Jean King stands following the first set in the semifinal between Elena Rybakina of … [+] Kazakhstan and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbour...
Russians Claim To Develop Smartphone App To Locate Ukrainian Artillery
The Russian military has developed software for networked smartphones to locate Ukrainian artillery, reviving a technology first used over a century ago in WW1. Artillery duels have become an importan...
Ukraine Receives Military Equipment To Counter Russia’s Expected Surge In Landmine Usage
The recent military aid package from the United States to Ukraine included equipment specifically designed for mine warfare, including mine rollers, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), a...
Former FBI Official Accused Of Violating Russia Sanctions To Help Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Topline A former FBI agent who once led counterintelligence in the bureau’s New York office was charged with money laundering and violating sanctions to benefit Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, prosec...
BBC chair linked to Russian crypto firm faces inquiry over BoJo loan scandal
BBC chair and crypto investor Richard Sharp has asked the BBC board to review any possible conflicts of interest in his current role, stemming from claims that he helped to secure former prime ministe...
The Russian Helicopters And Missile Systems Iran Might Soon Acquire
Iran expects to receive the first of the 24 Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets it ordered from Russia as soon as Mar. 21, the Persian New Year. Tehran also claims it has ordered helicopters and missile syst...
Ukraine’s Financial Watchdog Reports Blocking Russian Crypto Exchanges – Bitcoin News
The financial monitoring agency of Ukraine has restricted access to a number of online crypto exchangers operating out of Russia. Some of the coin trading platforms are working with sanctioned Russian...
U.S. Designates Mercenary Wagner Group—Accused Of Funneling North Korean Weapons To Russia—A ‘Transnational Criminal Organization’
Topline The U.S. Department of Treasury is planning to designate the military company the Wagner Group a “transnational criminal organization,” White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Ki...
Congress Pushes US Energy Transition Through Tax Credits — But Will It Work?
A large solar photovoltaic solar project under construction near Santa Nella CA in the California … [+] Central Valley. getty If left to market forces, commodities and industries tend to be more...
Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine war
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossil fuel earn...