Russia | ForkLog - Part 102

ForkLog 11 11.08.2020

Media: Russia Develops System to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions

Rosfinmonitoring is developing a system based on artificial intelligence (AI) called «Transparent Blockchain» for analysing cryptocurrency transactions.

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ForkLog 6 10.08.2020

Barnaul resident loses 14 million rubles, attributing it to a ‘Bitcoin crash on the exchange’.

A Barnaul resident reported to the police after becoming the victim of criminals who stole 14 million rubles, according to the Altai Krai Police Department's website.

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ForkLog 17 05.08.2020

Pavel Durov explains refusal to sell Telegram

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that he had rejected two offers to sell a stake in the messenger amid the threat of blocking.

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ForkLog 9 04.08.2020

Experts: Termination of Cyprus tax treaty will not affect the crypto industry

From August 3, the Russian Ministry of Finance began the process of terminating the Cyprus tax treaty on the avoidance of double taxation.

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ForkLog 14 04.08.2020

Cashier at illegal online bookmaker 1XBet charged with organising illegal gambling operation

Russia's Federal Tax Service has secured a criminal indictment against a cashier at the illegal online bookmaker 1XBet under Article 171.2 of the Criminal Code, "Illegal Organisation and Conduct of Gambling", Kommersant reports.

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ForkLog 10 04.08.2020

Passports of blockchain-vote participants in Russia put up for sale on the dark web

Unknown actors are selling on the dark web a database of 1.1 million passports of Russians who participated in the blockchain-vote on the constitutional amendments. This was reported by Kommersant.

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ForkLog 12 03.08.2020

Opinion: Ban on anonymous replenishment of electronic wallets will not affect Russia’s P2P market

On August 3, amendments to the law 'On the National Payment System' came into force in Russia, restricting cash top-ups to electronic wallets.

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ForkLog 16 01.08.2020

Ripple: plaintiffs cannot explain how they were misled in the sale of XRP

Ripple's lawyers filed an amendment to the motion to dismiss the securities-lawsuit. In their view, the plaintiff failed to prove the falsity of the statements made by the company and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse regarding XRP during the token sale.

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ForkLog 11 31.07.2020

EU sanctions Russia’s GRU over NotPetya ransomware attack

The Main Center for Special Technologies of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) has been included in the EU sanctions list for involvement in the NotPetya ransomware attacks in 2017.

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ForkLog 9 29.07.2020

Russian woman loses over 850,000 rubles in a Bitcoin purchase via messaging app

Unknown individuals deceived a resident of Norilsk by offering to buy her Bitcoin for 856,000 rubles.

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ForkLog 10 28.07.2020

Experts: Crypto does not need legal status to be confiscated by authorities

The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed seizing from citizens funds whose provenance cannot be proven, for the benefit of the Pension Fund (PFR). The corresponding amendments to the Budget Code have already been submitted for government consideration, Izvestiya reports.

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Krzysztof Shpak 487 17.07.2020

UK, U.S., and Canada Accuse Russia of Hacking Attacks to Steal Secret Research on Covid-19 Vaccine

Great Britain has claimed that the Russian government-backed hackers made an attempt to illegally obtain secret research on a coronavirus vaccine developed by Britain. Apart from the United Kingdom, the Russian intelligence allegedly targeted pharmaceutical research organizations in the United States and Canada as part of the attack.

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