Russia | ForkLog - Part 100

ForkLog 8 14.09.2020

Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development says blockchain voting system ran without glitches during Duma by-elections

On the blockchain-based remote electronic voting system used in the State Duma by-elections, no 'significant glitches' were recorded. This was stated by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadaev, according to TASS.

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ForkLog 9 10.09.2020

Police to verify information about cryptocurrency scammer from Moscow-City

A pensioner from Moscow told the police that he had fallen victim to a scammer who rents an office in the Federation Tower on Presnenskaya Embankment. This was reported by the Moscow agency.

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ForkLog 14 09.09.2020

Part of the source code of Russia’s blockchain voting system published

The source code of the key algorithms of the remote electronic voting system (DEG), planned for use in the September 13 by-elections to the Russian State Duma, has been published. They include counting servers, smart contracts and internal libraries. An overview of the system was published in Rostelecom's blog on Habr.

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ForkLog 17 07.09.2020

In Moscow, a top executive of Standart-Credit Bank handed over 700,000 rubles, fearing a cryptocurrency loan

The chairwoman of Standart-Credit Bank in Moscow fell victim to scammers who claimed there were allegedly suspicious transactions on her card involving cryptocurrency, according to REN TV.

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ForkLog 19 07.09.2020

Binance plans to launch a debit card in Russia

Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange, is working on launching a debit payment card in Russia, despite the forthcoming ban on cryptocurrency payments. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 11 04.09.2020

Tether and Bitfinex seek to dismiss market-manipulation suit

The issuer of the stablecoin Tether and iFinex, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, filed a motion in court to dismiss the collective action alleging market manipulation attributed to them, brought by traders in October 2019.

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ForkLog 30 04.09.2020

In Cherepovets, police uncover a network of web-porn studios that accepted cryptocurrency payments

Law enforcement authorities in Cherepovets uncovered a large network of web porn studios that accepted cryptocurrency payments. The information was reported by the Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Vologda region.

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ForkLog 8 04.09.2020

Dagestani miner suspected of stealing electricity worth 1.3 million rubles

Staff from Rosseti North Caucasus identified electricity theft by a mining farm in Dagestan, the company’s press service said.

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ForkLog 6 03.09.2020

Organizers of a multi-million-ruble Bitcoin-laundering operation arrested in Saint Petersburg

The Saint Petersburg police shut down a cryptocurrency exchange belonging to an organised crime group. They siphoned funds from bank cards and converted them into Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 17 03.09.2020

Russia’s finance ministry proposes banning miners from receiving bitcoins

The Finance Ministry's amendments to the Law On Digital Financial Assets (DFA) ban miners from receiving cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 21 03.09.2020

Urals Officials Obliged to Report Cryptocurrency Holdings

Officials from the Sverdlovsk regional Accounts Chamber, the regional election commission, as well as local civil servants and their wives, will report their holdings in cryptocurrencies and tokens. The corresponding decree was signed by the region's governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev.

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ForkLog 12 03.09.2020

Russian woman duped by scammer selling bitcoins via Telegram

A 38-year-old woman from Abakan lost almost 100,000 rubles while trying to buy bitcoins. The local police site reports this.

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