The Russian government is reportedly keen on issuing digital ruble benefits payments, but experts think major adoption hurdles may yet...

The Siberian power firm Irkutsk Energosbyt says it wants to prosecute around 400 “illegal” crypto miners. And the provider says that...

A Russian diamond mining firm employee has been jailed for sending crypto to the Ukrainian army. According to the Russian newspaper...

Russia's lower house of the Federal Assembly, known as the State Duma, has passed two crypto-related laws on Tuesday, a Russia based...

Russian crypto mining firms are continuing to spend big on new projects, with the Bitcoin mining player Intelion unveiling a $135 million...

A Russian court has sent a Finiko executive to prison for three years, after finding her guilty of helping to mastermind the biggest...

The Russian crypto mining industry could be set for a $4 billion boost, representatives claimed at a media event in Irkutsk, Siberia.

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a new batch of rules to crack down on sanctions violations, including through crypto.

Russia, a member of the BRICS alliance, announced the development of a new blockchain-based payment system to revolutionize trade

UK-based crypto firm Copper Technologies reportedly transferred digital assets totaling more than $4.2m to a wallet associated with a Russia

Russian tax authorities will start collecting taxes in digital rubles from 2025, with banks also handed powers to block

Russian Bitcoin mining solutions provider BitCluster has unveiled plans to establish a 120-megawatt (MW) data center in Ethiopia.

Crypto exchange CoinList paid $1.2 million to settle U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control allegations it allowed users in Crimea

Russian banks are reportedly “fighting back” against the digital ruble amid claims a CBDC launch would cost them $684 million a year.

Russia’s government intends to use the digital ruble to make welfare payments, and wants citizens to use the CBDC to pay their taxes.

Russia’s Sber, the operator of Sberbank, says it will join the Central Bank’s digital ruble pilot, in a major coup for the nation’s CBDC.

Russian corporations are starting to make use of the digital ruble, the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Crypto exchange Binance has agreed to sell the entirety of its Russia business to CommEX as it looks to fully exit the market over

India has emerged as the world's second-largest crypto market in terms of raw transaction volume, surpassing the UK, Turkey, and Russia

The Russian Central Bank says that its CBDC, the digital ruble, “has nothing to do with” state efforts to collect biometric data.