Banking giant Sber wants to integrate its blockchain platform with the Ethereum blockchain and the Metamask wallet. The Russian bank believes the integration will give developers more options and crea...
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Russia’s Largest Bank Announces Compatibility With Ethereum
The largest bank in Russia, Sber, has announced that its proprietary blockchain platform will be compatible with Ethereum. In a press release, the bank, whose majority shareholder is the Russian gover...
Russia’s President Envisions a Global Payments System With Blockchain Technology
Priorities change according to the events, and Russia’s president may be taking notice. In a recent speech at the Artificial Intelligence Journey 2022 international AI and machine learning conference,...
Russia’s Biggest Tech Company Wants To Cut Ties With The Country: Here’s Why
With the ongoing war with Ukraine, Russia’s biggest tech company wants to move out of the country. Russia has recently targeted basic infrastructures in Ukraine through a wave of air strikes, ca...
Russia’s High-Tech Artillery System Was Supposed To Win The War In Ukraine. But Troops Didn’t Know How To Use It.
Ukrainian troops capture a Russian 2S19 howitzer in March 2022. Via social media The Russian army spent decades and billions of dollars building what should be the world’s most fearsome artillery fire...
Some Of Russia’s Last Good Troops Needed Three Weeks To Capture A Half Square Mile Of Eastern Ukraine
53rd Mechanized Brigade artillery in action. 53rd Mechanized Brigade The Kremlin is determined to capture all of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. The oblast after all is the seat of ...
Amendments to Russia’s Digital Asset Law Aim to Allow Mining, Ban Crypto Exchange and Ads – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russian lawmakers have proposed changes to the current law “On Digital Financial Assets” in order to regulate crypto mining while banning the circulation of cryptocurrencies in the country. The legisl...
Co-Founder of Russia’s Largest Crypto Pyramid Finiko Arrested in UAE – Bitcoin News
One of the founders of Russia’s most notorious Ponzi scheme in recent times, Finiko, is in detention in the United Arab Emirates, according to a Russian media report. The close associate of the crypto...
Russia’s Southern Supply Hub Is Now In Range Of Ukraine’s Rockets. Expect Explosions.
Ukrainian HIMARS firing in June 2022. Ukrainian army photo Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine could lead to, well, further Ukrainian advances in southern Ukraine. To understand why, look at Russia...
Russia’s VTB Bank Adds Digital Ruble To Banking App
45 seconds ago | 2 mins read Altcoin News Certain customers will be given the opportunity to conduct test transactions. The bank also showcased a functionality for purchasing digital financial assets....
Russia’s Digital Ruble Integrated Into Banking App – Finance Bitcoin News
VTB has become the first Russian bank to add the digital ruble to its mobile application. The integration is currently being tested with accounts set up for legal entities. Select customers will be gr...
Russia’s Retreat From Kherson Is Complete As Strategic Bridge Into The City Collapses
Topline Russia on Friday said its forces had completed their withdrawal from the key city of Kherson—one of the first major Ukrainian cities captured by Russian troops—but the collapse of a strategic ...
As Bombs Rained Down, Ukrainian Troops Set A Trap For Russia’s Pilots
Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25s. Via Flickr The air war over Ukraine could have gone either way in the first few weeks of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the country starting in late February. The Rus...
Russia’s MiG-31 Crews Are Shooting At Ukrainian Pilots From A Hundred Miles Away—And The Ukrainians Can’t Shoot Back
A MiG-31 pilot. Russian state media It’s no secret the Russian air force has failed to achieve air superiority in the sky over Ukraine. Hamstrung by inflexible procedures, desperately short of precisi...
Russia’s Central Bank report examines crypto’s place in the financial system
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is looking at ways to integrate crypto assets and blockchain technology into its local financial system amid a pile-on of global financial sanctions. In a Telegram pos...
Russia’s Central Bank promotes crypto as means of internationalizing embattled economy
The Central Bank of Russia is working on integrating crypto assets into the local financial system. The CBR released a report on digital assets, focusing on integrating them into financial systems. Ma...
In an effort to wean itself off Russia’s energy, the EU is running into the arms of another dictator
Europe is in a tough spot. For years, the European Union (EU) has relied on Russia to supply the oil and gas it needs to power industries and heat homes. Last year, 40% of the gas that Europeans burne...
Four Days After A Ukrainian Drone Assault, Russia’s Black Sea Flagship Is Still Afloat
‘Admiral Makarov’ in 2018. Russian defense ministry photo The Ukrainian drone assault on Sevastopol, the home port of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, may have damaged one of the fleet’s two best...
Videos Reveal Drone Kamikaze Boat Assault On Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
Perspective of USV approaching Russian Navy frigate Admiral Makarov on morning of October 29. Video capture from Ukrainian military video On the morning of October 29, warships of Russia’s Black Sea F...
Azerbaijan’s Response To Russia’s Invasion Has Included Plans For Increased Energy Exports To Europe
A Gazprom employee looks over a natural gas treatment facility at the Nord Stream 2 pipeline’s entry … [+] point in northwest Russia. Azerbaijan has sought to increase energy exports to Eu...
Russia’s Desperate Fort-Building In Eastern Ukraine Won’t Stop The Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Russian defenses outside Hirske. Via social media A Russian mercenary firm is building a line of anti-tank obstacles across eastern Ukraine. The Wagner Group earlier this month began laying parallel l...
Rape Is Part Of Russia’s Military Strategy
On October 13, Pramila Patten, Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, confirmed that rape is part of Russia’s “military strategy” and a “deliberate tactic to dehu...
Ukraine’s Success in Turning Back Russia’s Invasion Could Aggravate Global Food Shortages
A pair of Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft streak across a Ukrainian wheat field as seen from … [+] a farmer’s combine harvester. PR Army In about a month, the Black Sea Grain Initia...
Stablecoin Could be Russia’s Preferred Medium of Exchange for Foreign Trade: Chainalysis
A new study shows that over 18% of all crypto received by Eastern Europe comes from addresses associated with risky or illicit activity, far more than any other region. With the biggest news in the re...
Russia’s Rank As U.S. Trade Partner At 30-Year Low, New Data Shows
Trade with Russia has left its rank with the United States at a three-decade low. The U.S. hasn’t … [+] imported oil or refined petroleum since April. ustradenumbers.com Russia now ranks a...
Recent EU sanctions expected to encourage Russia’s market, Exhanges controls services
This week it was announced that the EU had adopted its eighth set of penalties against Russia, which is designed to target the economy, its government, and energy exports. It is due to a reaction to t...
Latest EU Sanctions Expected to Stimulate Russia’s Own Crypto Market, Exchanges Maintain Services – Regulation Bitcoin News
The new crypto sanctions imposed by the European Union are likely to spur the development of the country’s digital asset market, according to a Russian lawmaker. Anatoly Aksakov, who chairs the parlia...