Russia targets underground crypto miners with draft law introducing prison sentences

Moscow plans criminal sanctions for unregistered crypto mining, a year after legalizing the sector across the country. Russia’s Justice Ministry has proposed introducing criminal sanctions, including prison sentences, for illegal cryptocurrency mining, according to draft amendments published on December 30 on the government’s regulatory legal acts portal. The proposals would amend the Criminal Code and […]

Ukraine-Russia at a crossroads: how the war developed in 2025 and what comes next

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump has spent much of 2025 trying to do what had eluded his predecessors: personally involving both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. From high-profile summits to direct phone calls, the government pushed […]

‘Only Trump can stop Russia’: Millions face freezing winter, Ukraine’s energy director warns

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid will continue without President Trump’s intervention, Ukraine’s top energy official has warned, as millions of people risk a freezing winter without power. DTEK’s Maxim Timchenko spoke out as Ukraine braced for further Russian drone and missile attacks on its energy infrastructure […]

Putin’s invading forces ‘turn to cannibalism’ amid ‘rations shortage’

Ukraine’s GUR intelligence agency said in a recent update that Russian forces declared during the invasion of Zaporizhia: “I don’t give a fuck who I have to cut up.” Radio broadcast intercept reportedly captured Russians saying they would cannibalize their allies(Image: Ria; e2w news) Vladimir Putin’s starving troops have resorted to cannibalism, it is claimed, […]

Ukraine uses cheap drones to counter Russian attacks, in photos

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Sberbank’s India fund creates a rupee-Nifty corridor for Russian investors

In a move that could change the way sanctions-hit Russia deploys billions of stranded Indian rupees, state-owned Sberbank is launching a closed-end mutual fund linked to the Nifty50, essentially opening a direct route for Russian investors to invest their surplus rupees in Indian stocks. The structure offers Moscow a solution to its currency dilemma: When […]

Sberbank’s India fund creates a rupee-Nifty corridor for Russian investors

In a move that could change the way sanctions-hit Russia deploys billions of stranded Indian rupees, state-owned Sberbank is launching a closed-end mutual fund linked to the Nifty50, essentially opening a direct route for Russian investors to invest their surplus rupees in Indian stocks. The structure offers Moscow a solution to its currency dilemma: When […]