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Vladimir Putin reassured Asian leaders of Russia's stability and unity on Tuesday in his first appearance at an international forum since the country was rocked by a brief armed mutiny last month. «The Russian people are consolidated as never before,» Putin told a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a group that also includes China and India. «Russian political circles and the whole of society clearly demonstrated their unity and elevated sense of responsibility for the fate of the Fatherland when they responded as a united front against an attempted armed mutiny.» Putin's emphasis on Russia's unity at a meeting with key allies appeared to show how keen he is to remove any doubts about his own authority on the world stage after the short-lived mutiny led by Wagner mercenary founder Yevgeny Prigozhin late last month. Wagner fighters took control of a southern city and advanced towards Moscow on June 24, confronting Putin with the gravest challenge to his hold on power since taking over as Russia's paramount leader on the last day of 1999.

SCO) on Tuesday will hold an online summit hosted by India seeking to expand the influence of the Eurasian group by including Iran and opening a path to membership for Belarus. China's President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will participate in the virtual summit, which will be Putin's first appearance at an international event since the short-lived mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in late June.

The next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit will be hosted by India virtually on Tuesday. The summit is set to be joined by all SCO member states including China and Pakistan. Major highlight will be the participation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif.  Russian President Vladimir Putin will also be the part of the summit.

Belarus is set to ban peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto “exchanges” – in a blow to traders operating in the country.

Victoria Azarenka walked into Court 15 on Monday morning for her first Wimbledon match in two years, she was greeted by polite clapping. When the two-time Grand Slam champion from Belarus finished off a three-set victory more than 2 1/2 hours later, Azarenka shook her racket with her right hand and pumped her left fist, then offered a wave to the spectators who were applauding warmly.

The recent mutiny in Russia revealed cracks in President Vladimir Putin’s regime and raised hopes in the West that his days in power were numbered. There are two reasons for caution: Autocrats have remarkable staying power and only rarely are replaced by a democratic government. Images of hundreds of heavily armed men rumbling in a convoy toward Moscow raised the possibility that the man who launched the Ukraine war and has dominated Russian politics for more than two decades could lose power.

NEW DELHI : The leaders’ summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) takes places on Tuesday under the chairmanship of India, with a likely push for inducting Iran and possibly Belarus as new members. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the virtual summit is set to be attended by President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and the leaders of a number of Central Asian countries. The previous summit took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in September last year.

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working on legal amendments prohibiting peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC).

Narendra Modi will advocate sharing best practices from the Indian Startup sector to promote innovation and business in the Eurasian region at next week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. The PM has put special emphasis on promoting Startup culture through the SCO platform to encourage young entrepreneurs and boost the economy of the vast Eurasian region. Besides the PM, presidents of Russia, Belarus, China, Pakistan’s prime minister and other Central Asian leaders, would attend the SCO Summit virtually.

Georgia, a major cryptocurrency-friendly country among Post-Soviet states, is preparing to start monitoring crypto firms to prevent money laundering and comply with sanctions.

The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus has prepared a pilot program for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to the official BelTA news agency. The country will make a decision on the issuance of a digital Belarusian ruble by the end of the year, chairman of the national bank Pavel Kallaur said.  

Belarus is continuing its bid to woo crypto firms – by extending tax exemptions for token miners and developers until 2025.

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell 3.6% to $26,900 after Binance and CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao were sued by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on March 27. To date, Binance has been investigated by the CFTC, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Internal Revenue Service and federal prosecutors.

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