Russian Central Bank Targets July 2025 for Widespread Digital Ruble Use
The central bank wants to promote the widespread use of the digital ruble.
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Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
Russia will begin trialing cross-border crypto payments next week to try to circumvent international sanctions – but this effort may not work, several policy and legal experts told CoinDesk.
Russia Legalizes Crypto Mining and Brings an Experimental Regime
Russia’s lower house of the Federal Assembly, known as the State Duma, has passed two crypto-related laws on Tuesday, a Russia based policy expert told CoinDesk and Ria Novosti, Russia’s state-owned domestic news agency reported.
Russian-Speaking Groups Responsible for Majority of Crypto Ransomware Attacks in 2023: TRM Labs
Inflows to Russia-based crypto exchange Garantex accounted for 82% of the crypto volumes that belonged to sanctioned entities internationally, the report added.
Economic pressure mounts: G7 poised to warn small Chinese banks over Russia ties
As the G7 summit approaches, world leaders are gearing up to address the economic implications of China-Russia trade. According to … Continue reading
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Russia dumps $4.5 billion in U.S. bonds in 2 years
Much has been said in recent years about the rise of a multipolar world and divestment from the United States, … Continue reading
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Exiled Russian Opposition Leader Launches Blockchain-Based Referendum on Vladimir Putin’s Election Win
Exiled opposition leader Mark Fegyin is leading an effort to give Russians an anonymous, blockchain-powered way to register a “protest vote” against Russia’s election results which have handed Vladimir Putin a fifth term as Russian president.
Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in ransom payments, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
How Putin and Xi are secretly fueling Gold’s record rally
It is no secret that gold tends to trend higher in times of uncertainty as the precious metal remains an … Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin’s Signature Brings Digital Ruble Into Russia’s Tax Code
Russia’s digital ruble has been integrated into the nation’s tax code after its President Vladimir Putin signed the move into law.