Russian Court Overturns 2016 Cryptocurrency Media Ban A city-level court in Russia has revoked a ban issued in 2016 that blocked cryptocurrency media site bitcoininfo.ru, among others.… Read More
Russian Institutions to Trial Central Bank ICO Platform Two financial institutions are set to test a regulatory platform set up by the Bank of Russia that aims to make ICOs more transparent and secure.… Read More
Sberbank Buys Commercial Bonds Issued Over Blockchain Platform Russian bank Sberbank CIB and telecoms firm MTS have conducted what they say is the country’s first commercial bond transaction made using blockchain.… Read More
Russia’s Supreme Court Orders Review of Crypto Website Ban Russia’s supreme court has ordered a municipal court in St. Petersburg to consider an appeal from a blocked cryptocurrency information site. … Read More
Telegram’s CEO Is Using Bitcoin to Bypass Russia’s App Ban Pavel Durov is paying network administrators in bitcoin to bypass a Russian ban on Telegram.… Read More
Russian Police Arrest Two for Illegal Crypto Mining Russian police have reportedly apprehended two suspects in connection with an illegal crypto mining farm. … Read More
Russia’s Central Bank Mulls Ethereum System for Pan-Eurasian Payments The Central Bank of Russia may use its ethereum-based Masterchain software to communicate financial messaging across the Eurasian Economic Union.… Read More
Report: Russia’s Gazprombank to Test Cryptocurrency Service Russia’s state-owned Gazprombank is reportedly looking into facilitating cryptocurrency transactions through a Swiss subsidiary. … Read More
Russian Official: Venezuela Won’t Be Paying Its Debt in State Crypto A Russian Finance Ministry official has stated that Venezuela will not pay off its $3.5 billion debt using the petro.… Read More
‘Fake News’: Russian Official Reportedly Denies Involvement with Petro A Russian official has called reports that the country helped Venezuela launch its controversial petro cryptocurrency “fake news.”… Read More