The Russian state of Nizhny Novgorod tests “City N,” a blockchain-based application that will aid monitoring public administration tasks, as reported by ForkLog on May 28. Reportedly, by utilizing the application the state residents could file their taxes on the...
Rostec, a Russian state-owned holding conglomerate proposes a roadmap on applying blockchain in all the governmental data systems, as reported by local financial newspaper Kommersant on May 24.Reportedly, one of the institutions under Rostec has developed a blockchain...
Russia’s central bank is reportedly considering using a gold-backed cryptocurrency in order to facilitate international settlements, as reported by Tass. The governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina stated on Thursday that the institution will be reviewing a ...
Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) is planning to launch its digital asset ledger next month, 5,000 kilometers away from the institution’s Moscow headquarters, as reported by CoinDesk.As per the publishing, the Moscow Exchange Group subsidiary opted for...
Venezuela is planning to close mutual trade settlements with Russia with the use of ruble, as reported by Russian government-backed TV channel RT on May 17.A representative of Venezuela to the United Nations in Geneva Jorge Valero revealed that they are discussing...
Popular Russian crypto exchange aggregator BestChange will soon be resuming operations after being blocked by the government, crypto news outlet Forklog reports May 7.Nikita Zuborev, head of public relations and marketing at the firm, told Forklog that in the coming...
The Russian prime minister has recently approved a blockchain initiative that will allow Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant to do gas supply agreements on the blockchain network, as reported by local finance news outlet Vestifinance, which operates under...
Russian national Alexander Vinnik, the former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e, appeals to the Greek court for his release or extradition to Russia as reported by the local media outlet Kathimerini on March 21.Vinnik has been accused of fraud and...
The ruling party of the Russian Federation, United Russia, launches a blockchain-based platform for electronic voting, as reported by the local news agency TASS on March 6. As per the reports, United Russia has launched an updated website for its primaries with the...
Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights addresses a letter to Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou, in order to ask him to extradite the alleged Alexander Vinnik, the former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, to Russia. As reported...
