Russia Financial News
16.01 / 11:59
Europe’s Mild Winter Cushions Economic Blow of Ukraine War
Russia’s economic war with the West looks set to claim a much smaller toll on Europe than the brutal recession many economists warned about just months ago, due to falling energy prices and government intervention to buttress the continent’s economy.
15.01 / 22:23
business
regulation
investigation
NOT
Nexo investigation is not political, says Bulgarian prosecutors
Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for Bulgaria’s chief prosecutors, denied political motivations behind the probe against the crypto lending firm Nexo, according to local reports. The comments were made in response to claims that the investigation had a connection to the company's political donations.
15.01 / 18:09
Europe’s Mild Winter Cushions Economic Blow of Ukraine War
Russia’s economic war with the West looks set to claim a much smaller toll on Europe than the brutal recession many economists warned about just months ago, due to falling energy prices and government intervention to buttress the continent’s economy.
14.01 / 19:15
Europe’s Mild Winter Cushions Economic Blow of Ukraine War
Russia’s economic war with the West looks set to claim a much smaller toll on Europe than the brutal recession many economists warned about just months ago, due to falling energy prices and government intervention to buttress the continent’s economy.
13.01 / 15:25
business
Government
Court
Bitcoin
Crypto lender Nexo wants to sue Bulgaria after office raids
Troubled cryptocurrency firm Nexo is planning to sue the Bulgarian government in the aftermath of massive raids at the company’s offices in Sofia.
13.01 / 14:35
Europe’s Mild Winter Cushions Economic Blow of Ukraine War
Russia’s economic war with the West looks set to claim a much smaller toll on Europe than the brutal recession many economists warned about just months ago, due to falling energy prices and government intervention to buttress the continent’s economy.
13.01 / 12:17
COST
Digital
Warmer Weather Helps Ease Europe’s War-Driven Inflation Surge
Lower energy costs as Europe enjoys a mild start to winter have helped slow the eurozone’s annual rate of inflation to single digits, but consumer prices are still rising too quickly for policy makers at the European Central Bank, who have signaled they intend to raise their key interest rate again in the near future.
12.01 / 21:47
expansion
Ukraine war: Soledar 'still standing', Russia mulls draft expansion, Sweden has 'something to hide'
Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies around a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.
12.01 / 18:53
Wagner
Battle for Soledar: 'First Russia sends Wagner mercenaries, then highly trained paratroopers'
The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hangs in the balance this week in one of the bloodiest battles of Russia's invasion.
12.01 / 16:09
Blockchain
regulation
Report
crimes
Time
Illicit crypto transactions reached all-time highs in 2022: Report
Setting aside the criminal investigations of failed crypto businesses like FTX, Celsius, 3AC, Terra and others, 2022 set the record in illicit on-chain transactions. According to a yearly report published by Chainalysis on Jan. 12, the total cryptocurrency value received by illicit addresses reached $20.1 billion in the last year.
12.01 / 15:35
business
Police
Nexo offices reportedly raided by police in Bulgaria
Troubled cryptocurrency lender Nexo is facing more pressure from regulators as its offices have been reportedly raided as part of an international investigation.
12.01 / 15:27
U.S., Allies Prepare Fresh Sanctions on Russian Oil Industry
WASHINGTON—The U.S. and its allies are preparing their next round of sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, aiming to cap the sales prices of Russian exports of refined petroleum products in an expansion of novel penalties the West has imposed on the country’s crude.
12.01 / 15:21
approved
El Salvador Has Just Approved Law to Allow it to Issue Bitcoin Denominated Bonds
El Salvador’s congress has passed a digital securities law that would allow the nation to issue Bitcoin-backed bonds, also known as Volcano Bonds.
12.01 / 15:13
European Union
Russia to sent new Soyuz capsule after ISS damaged by tiny meteoroid
Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two of its own cosmonauts and a US astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struck by a micrometeoroid and started leaking.
12.01 / 13:37
COST
Digital
Warmer Weather Helps Ease Europe’s War-Driven Inflation Surge
Lower energy costs as Europe enjoys a mild start to winter have helped slow the eurozone’s annual rate of inflation to single digits, but consumer prices are still rising too quickly for policy makers at the European Central Bank, who have signaled they intend to raise their key interest rate again in the near future.
12.01 / 09:57
Police
Czech Presidential elections: Eight condenders, three favourites, two days of voting
Czechs go to the polls on Friday and Saturday to vote for their next president.
12.01 / 08:57
Police
Huge surge in Italy migrant arrivals despite PM Meloni's 'naval blockade' pledge
Migrant arrivals in Italy have increased by more than 50% since far-right premier Giorgia Meloni took office at the end last October, official statistics show, contradicting claims made by her government.
11.01 / 20:11
European Union
Police
Ukraine war: Poland to send Kyiv 'a company of Leopards' and six other top developments
Poland has decided to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition, the Polish president said on Wednesday, as Warsaw seeks to play a leading role in reaching a consensus among Western allies on such support.
11.01 / 15:45
'Biggest crime since Holocaust': British MP suspended over COVID vaccine comments
A British politician has been censured by his party for comparing the UK's COVID-19 vaccine rollout to the Holocaust.
11.01 / 13:29
Paris station knife attack: At least six people injured and suspect shot
A man wielding a bladed weapon attacked and wounded six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with serious injuries, before being shot by off-duty police officers, authorities said.
11.01 / 11:43
Royal Family
Russian mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar
The battle for Soledar raged in freezing temperatures on Wednesday, with Russia's mercenary Wagner Group claiming to have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian salt mining town, as its fighters poured fire on a pocket of resistance in the centre.
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