Russia | ForkLog - Part 102

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ForkLog 9 12.08.2020

Dagestan miners siphon nearly 2 million rubles’ worth of electricity from Rosseti

«Rosseti North Caucasus» identified several illegally connected mining farms, according to the company’s website.

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ForkLog 9 11.08.2020

Cheboksary woman loses over 1 million rubles trying to invest in Bitcoin

A Cheboksary resident who fell victim to criminals contacted law enforcement. She was promised help with cryptocurrency trading, but ultimately more than a million rubles were stolen, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chuvash Republic.

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ForkLog 18 11.08.2020

Experts on Russia’s Bitcoin-transaction-tracking system: authorities reinvent the wheel yet again

Experts say it would be more sensible to study existing analogues rather than build a domestic system for tracking cryptocurrency transactions.

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ForkLog 17 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 7 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 20 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 12 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 12 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 13 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 23 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 15 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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