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Russia, Bitcoin

Russia is mining a hot cryptocurrency, trying to solve one big trade problem

Some businesses have begun using crypto, including bitcoin, to make international payments, Russia's finance minister said.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Russia is using bitcoin in foreign trade, finance minister says

Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes that allowed such use in order to counter Western sanctions, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday.

Axios on MSN · 12h

Russia says it's using bitcoin to evade sanctions

Russian companies are using bitcoin to evade Western sanctions, thanks to a new law, the country's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed in a television interview. Why it matters: Russia's economy has been hampered by difficulties in making and receiving international payments,

Russia, Ukraine and Christmas

Hosted on MSN · 4h

Foreign leaders condemn Russia's 'inhumane' Christmas Day attack on Ukrainian power grid

Nearly half a million households were left without power on Christmas Day in frigid weather after further missile attacks by Russia on Ukraine's damaged power grid, according to multiple reports.

CNN on MSN · 15h

Putin ‘inhumane,’ Zelensky says, as Russia pounds Ukrainian power grid on Christmas Day

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities said, with explosions reported across the country amid intensified bombardments that have left Ukraine in a precarious position while the war grinds into a third winter.

The New York Times · 8h

Russia Unleashes Another Wave of Attacks on Ukraine

Moscow again struck Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, part of an effort to wear down the country. “In the trenches, there are no holidays,” one man said.

Russia sentences US citizen to 15 years in prison

Newsweek · 1d

US Citizen Imprisoned in Russia Receives New 15-Year Espionage Sentence

Gene Spector faced espionage charges in August 2023, filed by a Moscow court, though the specifics of the allegations remain undisclosed.

The Washington Post · 1d

Russia sentences U.S. citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage

Eugene Spector, who was already serving a 3½-year sentence in Russia for bribery, received the additional sentence after being charged with espionage last year.

FOX News on MSN · 22h

US citizen imprisoned in Russia given new 15-year sentence in wake of espionage conviction

A Russian-born U.S. citizen who was already behind bars in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a new 15-year sentence for espionage.

Europe Wants Guarantee Of Long-Term Security Against Russia

BBC · 14h

Pope urges negotiations to end Ukraine-Russia war

Pope Francis has called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end the war triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In his traditional Christmas Day address, the Pope said "boldness [was] needed to open the door" to dialogue "in order to achieve a just and lasting peace" between the two sides.

RBC Ukraine on MSN · 20h

Russia refuses to reconsider rerms for negotiations with Ukraine – ISW

Russia continues to insist that negotiations with Ukraine must be based solely on the demands it presented during the Istanbul talks in 2022. The aggressor refuses any compromises even though Ukraine has liberated a significant amount of its territory from Russian occupation since then,

WION on MSN · 1d

Russia Ukraine War: Europe Wants Guarantee Of Long-Term Security Against Russia

A potential ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war is aging closer with Donald Trump returning to the White House and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicating a willingness to cede the Donbas region in exchange for security guarantees.

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Russia's economy is entering a year of pain in 2025

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the ...

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The Deadliest Plane Crashes of 2024: Brazil and Russia Top the List

Several passenger plane crashes have occurred worldwide this year, including a Wednesday morning Azerbaijan Airlines wreck ...

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Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Christmas Day has prompted speculation the plane was shot down by Russia after it took ...

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Raiffeisen Russia court case to continue on Jan. 20

A Russian court case involving a compensation claim against Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) will continue in ...

TASS21m

Ukrainian intel agent plotted to plant bomb under car of Russian defense official — FSB

The Ukrainian intelligence services planned to detonate the explosive device remotely from the territory of Ukraine, the press office said ...

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'10 motors, 1 shot': ISRO takes on US, Russia, China with daring SpaDeX feat

ISRO’s SpaDeX mission targets autonomous satellite docking at 28,800 km/h, marking India’s entry into an elite space league ...

1hOpinion

Nuclear Weapons Are Not a Fact of Life

But nuclear weapons are not an inevitable fact of human life. They are not impossible to get rid of, and pushing for that can ...

TASS1h

Russian fighters control about 40% of Terny in Donetsk region, military expert says

Andrey Marochko added that Russian servicemen have advanced east of Yampolovka, bringing the distance between that village and Russia’s frontline positions to less than 1.2 miles ...

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