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White House official: US President Donald Trump has not yet made any new decisions on new Russia sanctions.
Anatoly Aksakov, chairperson of the financial marekt committee of the Russian State Duma, made it clear to RIA Novosti recently that bitcoin and ethereum will never become legal means of payment in Russia. He stressed: "We must understand that cryptocurrencies will never become money in Russia. Cryptocurrencies can only be used as investment vehicles. When payments are required, they must be made only in rubles." Although the Russian central bank has been firmly opposed to cryptocurrencies, the ...
According to a report by Cryptopolitan, the Russian central bank has said that while investment in domestic cryptocurrency derivatives is growing, it does not pose a risk to the financial system. The Financial Stability Review published data for the second and third quarters of 2025: Russian households invested about 3.70 billion rubles (about 47.30 million dollars) in cryptocurrency-based derivatives.
Oleg Ogienko, a member of the working group on crypto regulations of the Russian State Duma, proposed at the Digital Almaz forum recently that an amnesty policy should be implemented for cryptocurrency miners who use illegally imported equipment in order to convert this group of underground practitioners, who make up 60% of the total number of miners in the country, into legal operations. Ogienko pointed out that although Russia has passed legislation to legalize mining this year, there is a lac...
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that Russian intelligence funds the spy group of former Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek through a cash-for-cryptocurrency money laundering network. The spy group consists of six Bulgarian nationals who have been convicted of spying, spying on journalists and politicians, and plotting assassinations. British police said the network posed a serious threat before it was destroyed. The UK's National Crime Agency has been...
Russia's Constitutional Court is about to rule on whether its citizens have property rights to stablecoins such as Tether's USDT. According to reports, experts have told the court that stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies are not digital financial assets (DFAs), and that Russia's current regulations on "digital currency circulation" do not apply to USDTs. Digital financial assets are owned in Russia...
The United States has put Russian oil majors on a sanctions blacklist, bringing an abrupt end to the three-year "honeymoon period" of Indo-Russian oil. Bessant also announced that the upcoming sanctions against Russia will be one of the largest to date. Click to view...
The Trump administration was revealed to have quietly lifted a key restriction on the use of Western long-range missiles in Ukraine, allowing Kiev to launch more in-depth attacks on targets in Russia. Trump flatly denied it on social media. Click to view...
Trump told reporters at the White House that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him that he would stop importing Russian oil. This strategic shift will not only hit Russian funding sources hard, but also could change the global energy trade landscape. Click to view...
Joint statement by the leaders of the UK, France and Germany: [On Ukraine] We agree to further develop bold and innovative mechanisms to increase the cost of Russian military operations, including actively promoting operations against Russia's "shadow fleet".
