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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has escalated its enforcement efforts by tightening its grip on individuals and entities operating within the financial services and technology sectors in Russia, particularly those involved in virtual assets, enabling evasion of US sanctions. The enforcement agency claimed that these individuals and entities …

Cinema export agency Unifrance’s annual international box office report for 2023 revealed on Tuesday that Russia was the top market in terms of admissions for French cinema last year. Given that Russia’s relations with Europe are at their lowest ebb since the end of the Cold War in 1991 as …

Elijah Wood and a handful of other “unwitting” Hollywood actors and celebrities had videos of themselves altered as part of a Russian propaganda campaign pushing the narrative that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a drug addict. In a Thursday report, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center revealed that seven celebrities were …

The below is a piece from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine’s premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now. Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has seen several …

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its full exit from Russia with a sale to a newly launched exchange. This move comes as a response to the firm’s compliance issues related to Western sanctions imposed on Russia. In August, Binance began considering an exit from the Russian markets …

While battling regulatory scrutiny in the US and facing lawsuits from the US SEC, Binance runs into another potential hurdle and struggles with accusations that may see the crypto exchange permanently withdrawing all operations in Russia.  Binance Contemplates Leaving Russian Markets For Good Binance, the company that operates the largest …

As the international economic landscape continues to change, Russia finds itself at a critical crossroads. The country is moving forward with plans to introduce a digital ruble, aligning itself with an increasing number of nations exploring digital currency. However, this digital development comes as the country grapples with international isolation …

While the United States regulators have continued to see cryptocurrency as a major threat, other countries, such as Russia, are beginning to pay attention to the technology’s potential while experimenting with its potential. In recent years, sanctions have become an increasingly common tool countries use to exert pressure on their …

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) has released its latest report on household finances, which includes an assessment of public holdings of digital or crypto assets. The report, conducted biennially since 2013 and covers the previous year, was published last Friday. Related Reading: Arbitrum Trading Volume Balloons Over …

Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition chief Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s way more considering protecting Navalny respiration than he’s in selling his movie. “This is an extraordinarily bittersweet moment,” says the Toronto-born filmmaker, including that the success of the movie is overshadowed by the …

A Ukrainian expatriate group disseminated to press an open letter addressed to the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, questioning whether or not Top Gun: Maverick needs to be allowed to stay on this 12 months’s Oscar race following stories the movie was partly funded by a Russian oligarch …

Ukraine has obtained over $70 million in cryptocurrencies for the reason that begin of the Russian-Ukrainian battle, offering the nation with funds for navy tools and humanitarian help. The figures got here from a Feb. 24 report by blockchain knowledge platform Chainalysis, which discovered nearly all of the funds to …