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ForkLog 16 23.09.2021

Court extends pre-trial detention for Finiko pyramid founder Kirill Doronin

As of now, the Kazan’s Vakhov?vsky District Court extended the detention of Finiko founder Kirill Doronin by two months, until November 28.

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ForkLog 21 22.09.2021

Elliptic calculates amount laundered through the Suex Bitcoin exchange

The analytics firm Elliptic studied transactions of the U.S.-sanctioned Suex exchange and concluded that over $370 million passed through it, linked to cybercrime.

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ForkLog 11 22.09.2021

Central Election Commission considers moving to a common blockchain platform amid Moscow voting problems

Alexey Venediktov, head of the Public Headquarters for Election Observation in Moscow, proposed that members of the technical working group recheck the results of the remote electronic voting (DEG), conducted via the city’s blockchain system.

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ForkLog 7 22.09.2021

Hackers demand $5.9 million in cryptocurrency from a U.S. food company

The BlackMatter hacker group, allegedly linked to Russia, attacked the American company New Cooperative, which supplies grain to farms.

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ForkLog 24 22.09.2021

Co-founder of US-sanctioned exchange Suex denies illicit activity

Russian Vasily Zhabykin confirmed his ties to the Suex exchange, whose cryptocurrency addresses were added to the U.S. sanctions list, but denies any illicit activity by the company.

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ForkLog 72 21.09.2021

US sanctions Bitcoin exchange Suex with offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg

The U.S. Treasury placed Suex, a cryptocurrency exchange with offices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, on the sanctions list, along with 25 addresses on the Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether networks.

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ForkLog 15 17.09.2021

Russia’s Central Election Commission reports DDoS attacks during remote voting

DDoS attacks on remote electronic voting systems (DEG) based on blockchain used in the State Duma elections are “off the charts.” said Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Election Commission.

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ForkLog 12 17.09.2021

Founders of the Finiko pyramid could not appeal their arrest

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan, in absentia, ordered the three Finiko co-founders—Zygmunt Zygmuntovich, Marat and Edward Sabirov—to be held in custody.

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ForkLog 8 16.09.2021

Experts: Bank of Russia’s announced restrictions would hit Bitcoin exchanges and miners

In the event of the Bank of Russia's previously announced restrictions on cryptocurrency operations, the most affected would be users of P2P platforms and the OTC platforms themselves, ForkLog said, citing experts surveyed.

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ForkLog 26 16.09.2021

Twitter has paid no fines in Russia. Court turns to bailiffs for enforcement

The Tagansky Court of Moscow has referred to the Federal Bailiff Service for enforcement of fines imposed on Twitter in 2021 for violating Russian law.

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ForkLog 10 16.09.2021

VTB Capital Investments plans to offer digital financial assets

The VTB Capital Investments platform plans to offer digital financial assets (DFA) to qualified investors backed by debt obligations or commodities.

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ForkLog 21 16.09.2021

Experts report Google Docs blockage in Russia

On the evening of September 15, subscribers of Russian operators began experiencing problems accessing Google Docs. Experts said the service had started to be blocked.

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