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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 ...
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 Russian Ministry of Defense: Hypersonic "Dagger" missiles, drones and high-precision air-launched missiles are used.
On the morning of August 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Russian State Duma President Volodin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
On August 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian State Duma President Volodin in Beijing.
According to the Russian Tass news agency, the Russian State Duma has passed a bill on the phased introduction of the digital ruble. The bill will take effect from September 1, 2026 and sets a timetable for the implementation of the digital ruble in the payment system. According to the act, merchants with annual income of more than 120 million rubles need to support digital ruble payments before September 1, 2026; merchants with annual income of more than 30 million rubles need to support before...
The Russian state-owned giant Rostec has announced that it will launch RUBx, a ruble-anchored stablecoin, and RT-Pay, a payment platform, on the Tron blockchain. As the core enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex, the group will serve as the sole issuer and operator of RUBx and maintain the anchor value through the "actual debt in rubles" stipulated by law. The RT-Pay system will directly connect to the Russian bank settlement network, supporting real-time transfer and smart contr...
The Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian forces attacked military targets in Kiev with high-precision long-range weapons.
According to TASS, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that the deputy commander of the Russian Navy was killed in the Kursk region.
On June 24th, the Russian cryptocurrency market is developing rapidly, and domestic investors are actively increasing their holdings of digital assets and expanding industrial mining activities. Vasily Girya, CEO of mining data center operator GIS Mining, said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2025 that by the end of the first half of 2025, the value of crypto assets held by Russians had exceeded 2 trillion rubles (about 25.40 billion dollars). G...
