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ForkLog 10 09.09.2021

In Izhevsk, a suspect was detained over the creation of a darknet service facilitating contract killings

The Udmurtia police detained the owner of an unnamed darknet service suspected of organising contract killings.

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ForkLog 17 09.09.2021

Aksakov proposes registering mining as a form of entrepreneurial activity

The mining of cryptocurrencies should be registered as a type of entrepreneurial activity, according to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market.

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ForkLog 21 09.09.2021

Court orders Alfa-Bank and Telegram Open Network investor to pay $126.5 million

The Gagarinsky Court in Moscow granted the Prosecutor General's Office's claim to recover $126.5 million from former Open Government Coordination Minister Mikhail Abyzov and Alfa-Bank related to investments in the Telegram Open Network project.

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ForkLog 11 08.09.2021

Russian judges cautioned against using Bitcoin

The Ethics Commission of the Russian Judicial Council clarified the rights to own, use and dispose of digital financial assets (DFA) and digital currency.

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ForkLog 5 08.09.2021

Media: Two more Finiko pyramid leaders detained in Kazan

Kazan police detained two privileged participants in the Finiko financial pyramid — Liliya Nurieva and Dina Gabdullina.

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ForkLog 7 07.09.2021

Mining equipment worth 1 million rubles stolen from a Russian man’s garage

A resident of the Tyumen region reported to police a theft of cryptocurrency-mining equipment valued at more than 1 million rubles, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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ForkLog 10 07.09.2021

Hermitage settles dispute over NFT featuring Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann

The State Hermitage has allowed using interior images in the NFT collection of German musician Till Lindemann.

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ForkLog 8 07.09.2021

Peskov: Russia is unequivocally not ready to recognise Bitcoin as a means of payment

Recognising Bitcoin as a means of payment in Russia would only harm the financial system, said Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary.

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ForkLog 10 07.09.2021

In Kazan, the Finiko pyramid’s vice-president was detained

The police detained one of the participants in the Finiko financial pyramid, Ilgiz Shakirov, who had obtained the status of vice-president of the company.

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ForkLog 8 07.09.2021

CEO of NorNickel’s palladium fund explains tokenisation of precious and base metals – interview

In an exclusive ForkLog interview, Global Palladium Fund CEO Alexander Stoyanov spoke about foreign investors' interest in their projects, attitudes toward current regulation of digital assets in Russia, and the role of blockchain in increasing transparency in heavy industry.

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ForkLog 16 06.09.2021

NorNickel Palladium Fund Lists Token on Vienna Stock Exchange

The NorNickel-founded palladium fund Global Palladium Fund placed a nickel-backed digital exchange-traded instrument (ETC) on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

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ForkLog 17 06.09.2021

Russian government approves ‘Masterchain’ for digital mortgage pilot

The Russian government approved the use of the blockchain platform Masterchain for data exchange within a pilot for digital mortgage.

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