Russia


Ukraine: Shelling In Kherson Leaves At Least Two People Dead. Drone Attacks On Russia.

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Ukraine has in recent months stepped up aerial assaults on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals in an ef... Read more

Three Crew Members Dead As Russian Passenger Jet Test Flight Crashes Near Moscow

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According to emergency officials, the cause of the crash of the Superjet 100 (Sukhoi Superjet 100) in the Kolomensky dis... Read more

Chainalysis: Nearly $100b Of Dirty Crypto Sent To Exchanges Since 2019

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Nearly 30% of all crypto traced from illicit addresses since 2019 ended up at sanctioned services like Russia’s crypto... Read more

Russias Minfin Mulls Crypto Trades On Stock Exchanges For Select Investors Only

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Russia’s Ministry of Finance is reportedly working on allowing stock exchanges to open crypto trades, but restrict acc... Read more

Russian MMA Fighter Khamzat Chimaev Faces Scam Claims As Token Dives 94%

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Russian freestyle wrestler Khamzat Chimaev has found himself at the center of controversy as the affiliated token nosedi... Read more

OFAC Sanctions Employee Of Russian State-owned Gold Producer For Laundering Money Via Crypto

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The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Russian national working at Polyus, Russia’s largest state-owned gold producer for ... Read more

Russian Finance Ministry Staffer Calls Crypto A Locomotive For Development

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Russia’s Ministry of Finance, which in 2016 suggested imprisonment for trading Bitcoin, now says the crypto industry i... Read more

Feds, Chainalysis Reveal $169m In Bitcoin Controlled By 911 S5 Botnet

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Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has discovered $169 million in Bitcoin connected to the 911 S5 botnet, facilitatin... Read more

Seven People Die After A Bus Plunges Off A Bridge In St. Petersburg

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A bus swerved off a bridge and descended into a river in St. Petersburg, killing seven people on Friday, Russian officia... Read more

Putin Reappoints Technocrat Prime Minister As Fifth Term Kicks Off

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Russian legislators will approve a new Putin cabinet in a rubber-stamp exercise following an election from which genuine... Read more

Sanctioned Russian Developer Interacts With Garantex, Chainalysis Finds

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Treasury’s OFAC has sanctioned the Russian developer of LockBit, who transferred crypto to various illicit services, i... Read more

US Sanctions Crypto Addresses Tied To Russian Drone Developer

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s OFAC has sanctioned a Russian one-way attack UAV developer, which solicited dona... Read more

Russia Pilots New System For Tracing Crypto-to-fiat Links

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Russia’s central bank and Rosfinmonitoring pilot a new system to trace connections between crypto transactions and fia... Read more

Russias Central Bank Urges Lawmakers To Hasten Crypto Bill Amid US Sanctions

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As sanctions bite, Bank of Russia’s Nabiullina calls for faster adoption of crypto laws that would enable internationa... Read more

North Korea Set To Welcome Russian Ski Trip In February - Its First Tourists Since 2020

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The four-day trip will take place in February and features a stop in Pyongyang before skiing at North Korea's most moder... Read more

North Korea Set To Welcome Russian Ski Trip In February - Its First Tourists Since 2020

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The four-day trip will take place in February and features a stop in Pyongyang before skiing at North Korea's most moder... Read more

London Metal Exchange Wins Legal Case Against Nickel Trading Suspension

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A court has ruled in favour of the London Metal Exchange after a legal case was brought against it for suspending the ... Read more

Russian Private Jet Owners Switch Italy And Germany For Turkey And Kazakhstan As Sanctions Bite

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Russian private jet owners are switching the French Riviera and the Seychelles for Dubai and Turkey. Read more

Andrew Bailey Warns Of Risks To World Economy Posed By 'fragmentation'

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned of the risks posed by “fragmentation” to the world economy, and ... Read more

Italy Suspends Golden Visas For Russians And Belarusians More Than A Year After EU Recommendation

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The European Commission recommended that EU nations suspend their investor visa programmes in March 2022. Read more