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ForkLog 13 11.02.2021

Russian Finance Ministry sees potential for stronger ruble with digital ruble launch

The launch of the digital ruble is associated with risks for banks, but could bolster the competitiveness of the Russian currency, said Ivan Chebeskov, head of the Financial Policy Department at the Russian Finance Ministry, according to РИА Новости.

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ForkLog 8 11.02.2021

Opinion: Mastercard’s cryptocurrency-payment support in Russia could be hindered by the ‘On DFAs’ law

The forthcoming Mastercard acceptance of cryptocurrency payments may face questions in Russia due to the specifics of the legislation, according to Mikhail Tretyak, a partner at the Digital Rights Center law firm.

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ForkLog 6 11.02.2021

VTB chief does not rule out private investors turning to Bitcoin

Restrictions on the Russian stock market could spur an outflow of individual investors into cryptocurrencies. This, TASS reports, citing a statement by VTB head Andrey Kostin.

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ForkLog 6 10.02.2021

Russia to study the possibility of introducing a digital tax

The Russian Ministry of Finance wants to tax foreign companies earning profits from digital services provided on the territory of the country. This was stated by Deputy Minister Alexei Sazanov in an interview with the auditing firm KPMG.

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ForkLog 13 10.02.2021

From the capital, with love: how facial-recognition technology is being rolled out in Russian cities

The rise in the number of surveillance cameras on the streets of megacities and smaller towns is a global trend. Authorities justify such measures as safeguarding public and national security, while human rights advocates call it an invasion of privacy.

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ForkLog 12 10.02.2021

Largest batch of ASIC miners imported into Russia

In December 2020, BitRiver's data centre operator imported into Russia from Asia a batch of more than 20,000 ASIC miners with a total capacity of around 70 MW. Representatives of the project told ForkLog.

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ForkLog 14 10.02.2021

Rosseti: Dagestan remains the leading region for illegal mining farms

Since the start of 2021, Rosseti North Caucasus identified four cases of unmetered electricity consumption by miners. All theft cases were detected in Dagestan.

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ForkLog 10 09.02.2021

Dozens of Russians became victims of a cryptocurrency pyramid on Instagram

During January, 28 residents of Tambov reported to the police a cryptocurrency scammer who lured them into a financial pyramid. The local police said.

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ForkLog 14 09.02.2021

In Chelyabinsk, a criminal case has been opened against the head of a Russian Railways division over on-site mining

The head of the Chelyabinsk Directorate of Communications was accused of mining cryptocurrency at the workplace. The Urals Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reports this.

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ForkLog 10 05.02.2021

Court ends case over blocking Bestchange mirror of cryptocurrency-exchange aggregator

The prosecutor's office dropped its bid to block Bestchange.net — the mirror of the online cryptocurrency-exchange aggregator Bestchange.ru. ForkLog was informed of this by the Digital Rights Center, the law firm that represented Bestchange in court.

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ForkLog 9 04.02.2021

Federation Council committee proposes blocking social networks for calls to illegal protests

The Federation Council's committee on information policy and interaction with the media said that Russian legislation should provide for blocking social networks for calls to participate in unlawful protest actions.

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ForkLog 11 04.02.2021

Experts say attacks on Russian government resources aimed at mining have increased

Ransomware encryptors were detected in the infrastructure of Russian medical facilities for the first time, according to Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents, as reported by TASS.

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