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ForkLog 21 06.04.2021

Underground mining farm found in a business incubator near Saint Petersburg

The leadership of the Volkhov International Business Incubator, located in Leningrad Oblast, discovered an underground mining farm within the facility.

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ForkLog 29 06.04.2021

Catch-22 for Russia’s social networks as authorities fight censorship with censorship measures

On February 1, amendments to Russia’s laws regulating the spread of information on social networks took effect. They require owners of such networks to monitor user content and effectively engage in censorship. For ForkLog, details about the new Russian realities were provided by Mikhail Tretyak, a partner at the Digital Rights Center, and lawyer Nikita Istomin.

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ForkLog 16 05.04.2021

Russian Foreign Ministry signals possible alternative to SWIFT amid the rapid growth of blockchain and digital currencies

Russia could see an alternative to the international cross-border payments system SWIFT, driven by “the rapid development of digital currencies and blockchain.” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Panin said this.

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ForkLog 12 05.04.2021

Roskomnadzor extends Twitter throttling

Roskomnadzor said that the throttling measures on Twitter would be extended until May 15. The decision to fully block the social network on the territory of the Russian Federation was postponed, as the company began removing banned content.

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ForkLog 21 02.04.2021

Russian court fines Twitter 8.9 million rubles

The Tagansky district court in Moscow fined Twitter 3.2 million rubles for refusing to remove information calling on minors to participate in an unauthorised protest.

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ForkLog 5 02.04.2021

Dagestan reports another major electricity theft for mining.

Rosseti North Caucasus thwarted a large-scale electricity theft for cryptocurrency mining in Makhachkala.

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ForkLog 7 01.04.2021

Yaroslavl police identify suspect in theft of four mining rigs

Police from the Yaroslavl region have uncovered the theft of four mining rigs. A 33-year-old local resident is suspected of the crime.

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ForkLog 14 01.04.2021

Crypto scammers fleece Kaliningrad resident of 1.3 million rubles

A Kaliningrad resident became a victim of criminals who promised her earnings from cryptocurrency, according to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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ForkLog 10 31.03.2021

Novokuznetsk man loses 850,000 rubles in bid to profit from cryptocurrency

A 36-year-old resident of Novokuznetsk fell victim to cryptocurrency scammers and lost a total of about 850,000 rubles in an attempt to invest in cryptocurrency, according to the Interior Ministry.

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ForkLog 7 29.03.2021

Larisa Guzeeva’s first TikTok video to be sold as an NFT

The TV channel Friday! has put up for sale the first video of actress and television host Larisa Guzeeva on TikTok as a non-fungible token (NFT).

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ForkLog 10 26.03.2021

Chechnya to shift the public sector onto the blockchain

The authorities of the Chechen Republic have drafted a development strategy for the region through 2035, envisaging the creation of a 'digital valley'.

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ForkLog 7 26.03.2021

Kazan pensioner loses 918,000 rubles in attempt to profit from cryptocurrencies

A Kazan pensioner told authorities she was a victim of scammers who promised earnings from cryptocurrency trading.

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