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ForkLog 17 14.04.2021

Russian Lawyers Association proposes regulating the AI market.

The Association of Russian Lawyers has proposed regulating the AI market in the country. The association's experts say that the unregulated use of algorithms is already creating a number of problems for Russians.

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ForkLog 6 13.04.2021

Experts weigh the odds of Russia being cut off from Visa and MasterCard and Bitcoin’s role in the scenario

Russian residents could be cut off from international payment systems Visa and MasterCard if Western countries continue to pursue a sanctions policy, said Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary.

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ForkLog 6 13.04.2021

In Chuvashia, police dismantle a network of illegal gaming salons masquerading as cryptocurrency mining offices.

Special units of the Russian National Guard, together with the Interior Ministry, disrupted the operation of illegal gaming salons in Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk that were operating under the guise of 'cryptocurrency mining offices'.

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ForkLog 8 12.04.2021

A Russian man received a car battery instead of mining equipment.

An Amur region resident said he had fallen victim to scammers when buying cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 7 12.04.2021

Russian banks to establish Russia’s first blockchain operator

Several major Russian banks have agreed to establish the first blockchain operator to develop technologies based on distributed ledgers.

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ForkLog 10 12.04.2021

Thieves in Irkutsk region steal mining farm worth 600,000 rubles

Police in the Irkutsk region detained three local residents suspected of stealing cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 8 09.04.2021

MIPT to outline blockchain master’s program with scholarships from NorNickel

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) will hold an online presentation on 19 April devoted to a master's programme in blockchain technologies and tools.

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ForkLog 5 09.04.2021

Media: Operators report outages caused by equipment for the ‘sovereign Runet’

Federal and regional operators report systemic outages caused by equipment with deep packet inspection (DPI) installed under the so-called sovereign Runet law.

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ForkLog 7 08.04.2021

Russia Leads in Using Popular Darknet Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Russians are more likely than people in other countries to use cryptocurrency exchanges with low levels of verification or that do not require user identity confirmation, according to analysts at Clain. Experts link this to the popularity of banned services in the country, including the dark-net marketplace Hydra.

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ForkLog 7 08.04.2021

Experts record surge in Russians declaring cryptocurrency transactions

Residents of the Russian Federation have in recent months increasingly reported income from cryptocurrency transactions in their declarations, according to leading consulting and legal firms and the Center for Strategic Developments.

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ForkLog 5 07.04.2021

Sakhalin resident loses 2.5 million rubles in a fake-exchange scam

A local resident of Sakhalin Oblast appealed to the region's Ministry of Internal Affairs after becoming a victim of scammers in an attempt to profit from trading on the exchange.

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ForkLog 47 06.04.2021

Russian court fines TikTok 2.6 million rubles in the wake of Twitter

A Moscow Tagansky District Court fined TikTok 2.6 million rubles for refusing to remove information urging minors to participate in an unauthorised protest in Moscow.

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