A T-62 lays a smokescreen in 1984. Wikimedia Commons Russia’s tank shortage has gotten so dire that the United Kingdom for one believes the Russian army’s best tank formation, the 1st Guards Tank Army...
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Russia’s deficit leaps to £29bn as Putin spends ferociously
Russia’s federal budget deficit widened to 2.58trn roubles (£29bn) in the first two months of the year – MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s budget deficit jumped in...
Captured Manual Reveals Russia’s New “Assault Detachment” Doctrine
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 24: Destroyed Russian tanks are seen in Kupiansk, Ukraine on February … [+] 24, 2023. Kupiansk has been one of the hardest hit areas in the last weeks of the w...
Asia’s Hunger For Energy Will Not Save Russia’s Economy
OSAKA, JAPAN – JUNE 28: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Indian Prime Minister … [+] Narendra Modi (C) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) pose for a group photo prior t...
Global financial markets have had a rough time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is not over yet
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine and set off the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, global financial markets seem to no longer carry on the lasting shocks on a daily basis, but the fu...
Lawmakers to Resubmit Russia’s Crypto Mining Bill, Introduce Liability for ‘Gray’ Miners – Mining Bitcoin News
The draft law legalizing cryptocurrency mining will be resubmitted to Russian parliament which will postpone its adoption, one of its sponsors announced. Members of the lower house are also working on...
Oil prices one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The oil market looks drastically different today than it did a year ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine. “It is the most significant set of market dislocations and distortions in energy markets generally...
Russia’s Yandex Search Engine Adds Crypto Into Its Currency Converter
7 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The widget includes a pricing chart and a rapid conversion tool above search results. Coins and tokens may be priced in various fiat currencies. Yandex, the most...
Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Kyiv Nearly A Year Into Russia’s Invasion
Topline President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday ahead of a planned trip to Poland, emphasizing the U.S.’s ongoing commitment to Ukraine and announcing additional military aid d...
Russia’s Yandex Search Engine Adds Cryptocurrencies to Its Converter – Bitcoin News
Yandex, the largest Russian search engine, has updated its currency converter, adding cryptocurrencies. The widget now shows the rates of these coins in a number of fiat currencies, with plans to intr...
Blockchain Bill Passed in the First Hearing of Russia’s State Duma
The bill to allow the utilization of blockchain technology for financial marketplaces has been passed the first reading in Russia’s legislative assembly As blockchain technology goes through a worldwi...
Russia’s War In Ukraine Might Have Pushed Millions Into Extreme Poverty, Researchers Warn
Topline Soaring energy prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have pushed millions of people around the world into extreme poverty in 2022, researchers warned on Thursday, urging gover...
At Least 1,000 Lawsuits Filed Against Crypto Miners in Russia’s Irkutsk Region – Mining Bitcoin News
Authorities in the Russian region of Irkutsk have so far filed 1,000 lawsuits against what they call “gray” miners, or people minting coins in their homes. In over half of these cases, courts have ord...
State-backed Crypto Mining Farm under Construction in Russia’s Buryatia – Mining Bitcoin News
A new crypto mining facility is being built in the Russian Republic of Buryatia with support from a government-affiliated company. Construction of the infrastructure for the large-scale project is alr...
Ukraine Could Send Its New Challenger 2 Tanks To Fight Russia’s Best T-90 Tanks
A British Army Challenger 2 tank. Crown Copyright It’s beginning to make sense why the Ukrainian army is equipping two fast-moving air-mobile brigades—the 25th and 80th—with lumbering, British-made Ch...
Digital Gold Traded for Digital Rubles by Russia’s Rosbank – Finance Bitcoin News
Rosbank has brokered Russia’s first deal involving the exchange of tokenized gold with the digital version of the Russian national fiat currency, the ruble. The successful transaction demonstrates the...
Smashed By Ukrainian Mines And Artillery, Russia’s Winter Offensive Just Ground To A Halt Outside Vuhledar
Russian armor outside Vuhledar. Ukrainian army capture Russia’s widely-anticipated winter offensive has begun. Aiming to extend its control over eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, Russian troops are att...
Russia’s Gazprombank recommends slow CBDC rollout fearing loss of income
Gazprombank, a subsidiary of the leading Russian government-owned gas company, Gazprom, publicly proposed giving banks more time before implementing the digital ruble. The country’s central bank digit...
Russia’s Alfa-Bank Launches Digital Asset Platform Post Approval
11 hours ago | 2 mins read Blockchain News The Bank of Russia declared on Thursday that Alfa-Bank had become a DFA issuer. Alfa-Bank intends to issue its own DFAs on the new platform. According to a r...
Russia’s Leading Private Bank Introduces Digital Asset Platform
Alfa bank has over 22 million active users globally. Alfa bank operates its business in over seven other countries. Alfa-Bank is the second largest bank to receive approval to mint digital coins. ...
Russia’s Largest Private Bank Launches Digital Asset Platform
– Advertisement – Alfa-Bank, one of the major Russian banking institutions, has established its own platform for digital financial assets. The launch became possible after Russia’s monetar...
Russia’s Largest Private Bank Launches Digital Asset Platform – Finance Bitcoin News
Alfa-Bank, one of the major Russian banking institutions, has established its own platform for digital financial assets. The launch became possible after Russia’s monetary authority added Alfa-Bank to...
Russia’s Sberbank Reportedly Developing Ethereum-based DeFi Platform
4 hours ago | 2 mins read Blockchain News The platform is now under closed beta testing as per Konstantin Klimenko. Sberbank stated in September that its platform will support the minting of NFTs. Int...
Russia’s Largest Bank Planning to Launch own DeFi Platform
Sberbank net profit of 2022 dropped by 75% to 300 bln RUB. Sberbank has over one million corporate clients in more than 20 nations The Russian bank has more than 110 million individual customers. ...
Russia’s Largest Bank Plans To Roll Out Ethereum-Compatible DeFi Platform by May: Report
Russia’s largest bank by total assets plans to deploy an Ethereum (ETH)-compatible decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, according to a report from a Russian news agency. Interfax reports that the Ru...
Russia’s Sberbank plans to launch DeFi platform on Ethereum
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is moving forward with the plan to launch its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, preparing to trial the product in a few months. Sberbank expects to launch open tr...
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...
Russia’s Biggest Bank Set To Launch Its DeFi Platform By May
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest banking establishment, is ready to have its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform operational by May. According to a report on February 3 by the Russian news agency Interfax...
Russia’s Sberbank Planning To Launch DeFi Platform On Ethereum
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has announced it is going ahead with its plan to launch its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on Ethereum. According to the bank, there are plans to launch open t...
DeFi Platform of Russia’s Sberbank Slated for Spring
Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, is reportedly developing a decentralized finance platform with an anticipated launch in May this year. The announcement was made by Konstantin Klimenko, Product Dire...