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...
Russia’s State Duma plans to pass a resolution on an impending cryptocurrency regulation bill. Reportedly this regulation will pave a path for the government to launch its central bank digital currency. According to a report from a local source, the House is likely to...
A new Russian diamond tracking technology has been introduced by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Minobrnauki). Based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), the platform tracks natural diamonds. As reported by the government-backed news agency TASS on...
According to a Russian university lecturer with ties to the government, Kremlin might be investing massively in Bitcoin in order to circumvent the new U.S. sanctions. Notably, the move could happen “in a matter of weeks.” Vladislav Ginko of the Russian Presidential...
Whether minellians or not, online transactions have become the rage for every generation. Amongst the many options, cryptocurrency has been gaining tractions across the borders, especially in Russia. According to a poll ordered by Kaspersky Lab and conducted among 924...
