Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday claimed his country is prepared to negotiate on the war he inflicted with Ukraine and its Western allies, comments that Ukraine quickly pushed back a...
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Russian Parliament Postpones Adoption of Crypto Mining Bill – Mining Bitcoin News
Russian lawmakers will consider a draft law on cryptocurrency mining in 2023 despite earlier indications they were going to vote on the proposal in December. The bill is expected to set the rules for ...
Bakhmut Is ‘Soaked In Blood’ As Eight Of Ukraine’s Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners
Volodymyr Zelensky in Bakhmut. Office of the president of Ukraine Russian mercenary firm The Wagner Group since this summer has been trying, and so far failing, to capture the town of Bakhmut in easte...
The Russian Army Is Crowding Its Best Tanks In One Sector Of Eastern Ukraine
T-90. Vitaly V. Kuzmin photo via Wikimedia Commons Russian arms firm Uralvagonzavod has manufactured around 600 T-90 tanks for the Russian army. The 45-ton, three-person T-90 with its 125-millimter gu...
Opposition press links Russian lawmaker to local crypto OTC
A Russian legislator who was one of the authors of the bill to legalize cryptocurrency mining in the country has been tied to local over-the-counter (OTC) exchange Bankoff. Russian opposition activist...
Russia’s High-Tech Suicide Squads
In the iconic 1987 movie The Running Man, convicted criminals enter a game show to win their freedom by running a gauntlet of armed opponents, watched by television cameras. A British Intelligence rep...
Ukraine Is Fielding A ‘Heinz 57’ Fleet Of Heavy Drone Bombers Against Russian Forces
In the early days of the war, Ukraine’s small drone strike force could be easily divided into two types: improvised consumer DJI quadcopters armed with small Vog-17 or hand grenades, and R-18 octocopt...
Wanted Russian Parliament Member May Own a Crypto Broker in Moscow: Report
According to Dossier, an OTC called Bankoff is operating from an office owned by a company directed by Lugovoi’s wife, Ksenia. Bankoff appears to be the most active trader on Binance’s pee...
Ukraine May Finally Get Greece’s Russian S-300 Missiles
Greece has reportedly expressed its willingness to transfer its Russian-built long-range S-300 air defense missile systems to Ukraine if the United States replaces them with a MIM-104 Patriot. “...
Government Agencies Need Crypto Wallets and Access to Exchanges, Russian Prosecutors Say – Coinotizia
Russian authorities are finding it hard to cash out digital assets they have gotten hold of, prosecutors have warned. They have also urged the government to recognize cryptocurrency as property, allow...
Government Agencies Need Crypto Wallets and Access to Exchanges, Russian Prosecutors Say – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russian authorities are finding it hard to cash out digital assets they have gotten hold of, prosecutors have warned. They have also urged the government to recognize cryptocurrency as property, allow...
Russia Has More Artillery Than Ukraine. But Russian Gunners Have A Bad Habit Of Shelling … Nothing.
A Ukrainian army 2S7 howitzer in action. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Despite a deluge of Western support for Ukraine over the 10 months of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the Russian army still ha...
Putin’s War Makes Russian Stocks World’s Worst With Grim Outlook
(Bloomberg) — Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sent Russian equities tumbling in February. Nearly 10 months later, a recovery looks far off after sanctions triggered an investor exodus and m...
XRP Rival Powers Humanitarian Cash Disbursement to Ukraine Residents Impacted by the Russian Invasion
An XRP competitor is powering humanitarian cash disbursements to the people of Ukraine in the midst of Russia’s military aggression. The Stellar (XLM) Development Foundation (SDF) and the Internationa...
The Destruction Of Religious Sites By Russian Forces In Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, Putin unleashed an attack on Ukraine without any provocation and without any credible justification. Subsequent months have seen evidence suggesting that Russian troops are perpe...
As Russian Amphibious Ships Bore Down On Southern Ukraine In February, The Ukrainians’ Sole Anti-Ship Battery Opened Fire
2019 test-launch of the Neptune missile. Ukrainian defense ministry The Neptune anti-ship missile is one of the iconic weapons of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine. Two of the 17-foot missiles, fired by a...
An Atmospheric Trick May Have Helped A Ukrainian Missile Battery Find And Sink The Russian Cruiser ‘Moskva’
‘Moskva’ sinking. Via social media In days and weeks after a Ukrainian navy anti-ship missile battery sank the Russian Black Sea Fleet cruiser Moskva on April 13, a lot of rumors circulate...
Russian Su-35s Won’t Give Iran Air Superiority Over The Persian Gulf
The United States has announced that Russia will deliver Iran Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets within the next year. While this would undoubtedly mark Iran’s most significant fighter acquisition in ...
Flood of Russian Crude Heads to Asia After EU Ban Kicks In
(Bloomberg) — Russia has all but ceased to be a supplier of crude oil to Europe. Most Read from Bloomberg A European Union ban on imports of Russian crude by sea came into force on Dec. 5, effec...
Russian Crypto Ponzi Firm Finiko’ Key Member Arrested in UAE
Bitcoin News Sabirov had been added to a worldwide wanted list in November. Marat Sabirov, one more of Finiko’s prominent representatives, is still at large. A key figure in the organization of Russia...
Ukrainian Military Is Targeting Russian Fuel Supply Lines As Winter Approaches
The lifeblood of any modern army is diesel fuel. Diesel fuel is used in most military vehicles as well as in the generators that provide electricity to command posts and living facilities. Accordingly...
Another Member of Russian Crypto Pyramid Finiko Arrested in UAE – Bitcoin News
Law enforcement authorities in the United Arab Emirates have detained a top Finiko representative, sought for his role in the crypto Ponzi scheme which defrauded thousands of investors around the worl...
The Russian Army’s Terminator Vehicles Are Heavily Armed, Highly Protected … And Far Too Few To Matter
A BMP-T near Svatove. ANNA New capture Arms-maker Uralvagonzavod manufactured only 10 or so high-tech BMP-T Terminator fighting vehicles for the Russian army. This spring most, or all, of the heavily-...
Crypto Wallet Activities Under Watch of Russian Ministry
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs took the initiative to keep watch on crypto wallet owners and track transactions. Given these efforts, as reported, MVD employees have been given the access to...
Five Brave Ukrainian MiG Pilots Blunted the Russian Attack On Kyiv On Day One Of The War. Not All Of Them Survived.
Lt. Col. Vyacheslav Yerko. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Kremlin had a bold—some might say reckless—plan for swiftly defeating the Ukrainian armed forces and toppling the government in Kyiv. Th...
Why the price of oil has dropped despite new constraints on Russian supply
This week marked a pivotal moment in global geopolitics, as a European embargo and G7 price cap on Russian crude came into force. Russia, faced with the humiliation of western powers dictating the pri...
Brittney Griner Lands In U.S. After 10 Months In Russian Prison
Topline Basketball star Brittney Griner has returned to U.S. soil after months of captivity in Russia as part of a high-profile prisoner swap for a Russian arms dealer, ending months of diplomatic joc...
Russian State Media Drops Footage Of Prisoner Exchange Involving ‘Happy’ Griner
Topline State-run Russian media published videos Thursday documenting American basketball star Brittney Griner’s release from Russian custody, a surreal behind-the-scenes look at the high-profile pris...