Topline An explosion set fire to and destroyed sections of Russia’s only bridge to Crimea, isolating Russia and its troops from the critical Black Sea peninsula at a critical moment in the war, though...
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Russia’s Reindeer Brigade Is Fighting For Its Survival In Southern Ukraine
The 80th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. Russian army photo In late 2014, the Kremlin organized a new army brigade for a new kind of war. Anticipating escalating tensions in the resource-rich—and ra...
Crypto Exchange Okx Blocked by Russia’s Telecom Watchdog – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Russian media and communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restricted access to the website of a major cryptocurrency exchange, Okx. The trading platform was one of those that did not restrict acce...
Ukraine Is Capturing Russia’s Old T-62 Tanks. Will It Use Them?
A Ukrainian commando with a captured Russian T-62. Ukrainian defense ministry photo After losing around 700 tanks in Ukraine through this spring, the Russian army began pulling 50-year-old T-62 tanks ...
Sunday, October 2. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council … [+] in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Uk...
Pope Francis Condemns Russia’s Annexation Of Eastern Ukraine—And Urges Putin To Stop ‘Spiral Of Violence And Death’
Topline Pope Francis made his first personal appeal for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine on Sunday, days after Putin announced Russia w...
Saturday, October 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE – OCTOBER 1: Kupiansk refugees flee over a destroyed bridge on October 1, 2022 in … [+] Kupiansk, Ukraine. The city has been successfully captured by Ukrainian Armed Forc...
Russia’s Next Step for the Digital Ruble
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Russia plans to make payments to its most important ally, China, using the digital currency, which will be implemented early in 2...
Friday, September 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a … [+] Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on th...
Wednesday, September 29. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
A man cries over a dead body after Russian forces shelled via cluster bomb a bus stop in a … [+] residential area in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. September 29, 2022. Photo by Suspilne Media Dispatches fro...
Wednesday, September 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
Relatives and friends comfort a woman after Ukrainian rescue workers found a body of a person under … [+] the debris following a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukrai...
How Russia’s CBDC might allow it to evade sanctions, trade with China
On 26 September, the United Kingdom announced a new package of sanctions against Russia. This round contains 92 sanctions, in response to referendums held by Russia in Ukraine following its controvers...
Unexplained Leaked Hit Russia’s Shuttered Gas Pipelines To Europe
Topline Leaks have been discovered in both the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines that were built to supply Russian natural gas to northwestern Europe, according to multiple reports...
Monday, September 26. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
A woman carries humanitarian aid at the distribution point in the recently retaken town of Izium, … [+] Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Copyright 2022 The Associate...
Russia’s Annexation Of Ukrainian Regions Would Sever Diplomatic Negotiations With Putin, Zelensky Says
Topline As Russia continues to hold referendums across occupied territories of Ukraine asking residents to vote to join Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that the annexation o...
While the US Dollar Tramples the Euro, Pound and Yen, Russia’s Ruble Skyrockets Against the Greenback – Economics Bitcoin News
While the U.S. dollar has soared in value against a basket of worldwide fiat currencies, Russia’s ruble climbed 4.5% against the greenback this week. During the first week of September, Russia told th...
Russia’s MOEX Proposes Receipts For Digital Financial Assets
Bitcoin News DFA receipts may be exchanged as securities as per the proposal. Those who aren’t ready to engage with distributed ledgers can benefit from this. In order to allow depositories to issue r...
Russia’s War Mobilization Is Pointless As Long As Its Army Lacks Trucks
A Russian army Kamaz truck, destroyed in northeast Ukraine. Via social media Russian authorities have begun rounding up the first of 300,000 draftees the Kremlin hopes will make good the steep losses—...
India And China Finally Voicing Concerns Over Russia’s Actions In Ukraine
Topline India and China raised concerns about the impact of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine—emphasizing the violation of international law and territorial integrity—at a meeting of the UN Securit...
Thursday, September 22. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Security service Press Office, Ukrainian soldiers, who were … [+] released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, smile close to Chernihiv, Uk...
Russia’s financial regulators agrees on crypto use for international payments
Russia’s deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseev has said that the country’s apex bank and the finance ministry reached an agreement that would allow the use of cryptocurrency for international payment...
Rare Show Tanks, Rusting On The Front Line, Are A Sign Of Russia’s Desperation
A wrecked T-72B obr. 2014. Via social media Eight years ago Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation, a Russian manufacturer of armored vehicles, developed a new version of the classic T-72 ...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Is No Reason To Increase The Pentagon Budget
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons if his nation’s “territorial integrity” is threatened has been widely denounced, and rightly so. But paradoxically, it is a sign of Rus...
Russia’s Historic 100 Million-Ton Wheat Crop Piles Up at Home
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s wheat harvest could reach a historic 100 million tons, according to consultant SovEcon, with the commodity piling up at home as the nation struggles to export large volume...
North Korea Denies Selling Weapons To Moscow As Russia’s Isolation Grows
Topline North Korea on Thursday denied supplying Russia with weapons or ammunition for use in Ukraine, dismissing U.S. intelligence reports as “reckless” rumors designed to damage the nation’s image a...
Wednesday, September 21. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
A local resident stands near a rocket fragment near her house in the recently retaken Kupiansk in … [+] the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov) Copy...
Tuesday, September 20. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
An Ukrainian serviceman stands in a basement which, according to Ukrainian authorities, was used as … [+] a torture cell during the Russian occupation, in the retaken village of Kozacha Lopan, U...
Monday, September 19. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this photo provided by the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, a crater left by a Russian rocket … [+] is seen 300 meter from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, in the background, close to...
Germany Takes Control of Oil Refineries Owned by Russia’s Rosneft
BERLIN—Germany took control of the German business of Russian oil giant Rosneft Oil Co. as Berlin races to safeguard its energy supplies before its planned ban on Russian oil imports kicks in later th...