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Economies boom with Russian wealth, migration
Russians cross the border between Russia and Georgia days after President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilization drive on September 21. Daro Sulakauri | Getty Images News | Getty Images As many econo...
Russian lawmakers looking to establish state-backed crypto exchange
Russian lawmakers are working on a draft amendment bill enabling the country to launch a national crypto exchange, local media Vedomosti reported on Nov. 23. An unnamed participant in the discussions ...
Russian bill would legalize crypto mining, sales under ‘experimental legal regime’
A bill was introduced into the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Nov. 17 that would legalize cryptocurrency mining and the sale of the cryptocurrency mined. Cryptocurrency cannot c...
Russian law legalises crypto mining, sales under ‘experimental legal system’
On November 17, a measure to legalise the mining of cryptocurrencies as well as the selling of the cryptocurrencies that have been mined was presented into the Russian State Duma, which is the lower c...
Russian Soldiers Are Surrendering To Ukrainian Drones. This Has Happened Before.
Russian prisoners in Ukraine. Via social media Firing missiles, dropping tiny bombs and spotting targets for artillery, the Ukrainian army’s drones undoubtedly are responsible for hundreds, if not tho...
Russian bill to give crypto miners new ways to bypass restrictions
A new bill submitted to Russia’s State Duma would give crypto miners in the country two new ways to sell their coins. However, the proposal faces stiff competition from a government and financial syst...
Steve Mnuchin says G-7 Russian oil price cap ‘most ridiculous idea’
Former US secretary of the treasury Steven Mnuchin on a panel at the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia in October 2022. Mnuchin this week criticized the G-7’s plan for a cap on Fayez ...
Russian Partnership Could Cause Cuban Crypto Crisis
Russia and Cuba are cooperating in utilizing cryptocurrencies for international settlements in rubles in order to skirt international sanctions. Russian representative Boris Titov made the announcemen...
A Russian Regiment Reportedly Lost 2,500 Draftees In Just Two Weeks Of Fighting
An abandoned Russian T-72B3 near Svatove. 92nd Mechanized Brigade The Ukrainian army’s 92nd Mechanized Brigade is killing Russian draftees as fast as the Kremlin can shove the unhappy, unfit conscript...
Ukrainian Territorials Are Wearing Down Russian Defenses In Zaporizhzhia. Are They Preparing For A Counteroffensive?
A 110th Territorial Brigade trooper. 110th Territorial Brigade A few videos circulating online and depicting the goings-on in one Ukrainian army reserve brigade are not definitive evidence of a coming...
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Other Crypto Down After Alleged Russian Missile Hit Poland
Bitcoin and Ether fell together with the majority of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization on Wednesday morning, following reports that Russian missiles killed two people in Poland. Acc...
What We Know Now About Missile Strike In Poland
When a missile struck a village in Poland yesterday killing two civilians, many social media commentators were quick to declare that this was a Russian attack on a NATO member state and NATO must now ...
How The Ukrainian Army Could Get Behind The Dnipro River And Roll Up Thousands Of Russian Troops
Ukrainian troops pass each other. Ukrainian defense ministry The Dnipro River is the biggest natural obstacle in all of Ukraine. Running north to south through major cities including the capital Kyiv,...
Dow turns negative in afternoon trade Tuesday after report of Russian missiles hitting NATO member Poland
U.S. stocks trimmed earlier gains, with the Dow turning negative, after a news report indicated Russian missiles crossed into Poland, a NATO member. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.17% fell ...
The Russian Central Bank Continues To Oppose Legalizing Digital Transactions
The Putin government is trying to introduce new regulations for utilizing cryptocurrency in Russia. The country’s financial authority is working on new crypto regulation draft bills that will be intro...
A Strategic Strip Of Sand. Rumors Of Ukrainian Raids. As Russian Forces Retreat, Keep An Eye On The Kinburn Spit.
Kinburn Spit. Google Maps The Kinburn Spit is a narrow finger of sand and scrub, barely three miles long, that juts from the wider Kinburn Peninsula into the Black Sea at the mouth of the Dnipro River...
The Great Russian Oil Switch Is Gathering Momentum
(Bloomberg) — Diversion of Russia’s crude exports to Asia is gathering pace, with record volumes heading on tankers to the region’s ports. The need to switch is becoming more acute as a ban loom...
Starving, Freezing, Getting Shot At By Their Own Regiment—No Wonder These Russian Draftees Surrendered
Russian draftees after surrendering near Svatove. Via social media The 92nd Mechanized Brigade is one of the best and, for the Russians, most dangerous formations in the Ukrainian army. So you can’t b...
Easily In Range Of Ukrainian Artillery, Kherson’s Airport Was A Death Trap For Russian Troops
Chornobaivka Airport burns on March 16, 2022. Maxar Three days after the Kremlin ordered its starving, battered forces to retreat from the right bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine’s Kherson ...
The Dnipro River Poses A Large Challenge For The Ukrainian Counter-Offensive
Last week, the Russian military decided to abandon the city of Kherson and retreat to the east bank of the Dnipro River. As part of the operation, they destroyed or damaged every major river crossing ...
Fly Low, Get Aggressive—How Ukrainian Pilots Fought The Russian Air Force To A Standstill
Russian Su-35 aircraft intercept a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to U.S. 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea on May 26, 2020. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa For all its profound faults, the...
Russian IT Firms Lobby for Crypto Payments in Software Exports – Bitcoin News
Companies developing software solutions for foreign customers are urging Russian authorities to allow them to accept crypto payments. The proposal is part of a package of measures aimed at supporting ...
Russian IT Firms Lobby for Crypto Payments in Software Exports – Coinotizia
Companies developing software solutions for foreign customers are urging Russian authorities to allow them to accept crypto payments. The proposal is part of a package of measures aimed at supporting ...
Another Nail In The Coffin Of The Russian Economy
Hammer Hitting A Nail On The Head getty The U.S. Department of Commerce decided today that Russia should be reclassified as a “nonmarket economy.” This is yet another nail in the coffin for the Russia...
Russian central bank to integrate crypto for trading partners
The Russian Central Bank (CBR) is looking at ways of incorporating blockchain tech and crypto assets into its domestic financial system. The potential to mint all cryptocurrencies A consultation issue...
Brittney Griner Moves To Russian Penal Colony As Her Lawyers Warn They Don’t Know Her Precise Location
Topline WNBA star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a Russian penal colony after being convicted in August of possessing and smuggling drugs, her legal team said on Wednesday, bleak news for the...
Russian Marines Are Getting Killed And Wounded By The Hundreds In Ukraine
The 40th Naval Infantry Brigade in happier times. Russian defense ministry photo. In April 2021 the Russian navy’s 40th Naval Infantry Brigade, based on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia,...
Crypto Exchange Bybit Does Not Plan to Sanction Russian Users Despite MAS Call, Report – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has no intention to introduce restrictions for Russian traders, despite a recent reminder by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) about the obligations of crypto pro...
The Russian Marine Corps’ Dire Choice As Its Troops Die In Record Numbers
155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade troopers in 2021. Russian defense ministry photo A Russian marine brigade reportedly lost 63 troops in a doomed, two-day assault on Ukrainian positions in eastern U...