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Russia Reports 10,633 New Covid-19 Cases in One day

3 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Russia has recorded a record 10,633 new covid-19 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily increase of cases since the virus entered the nation. As of now, Russia has reported a total of 134,686 confirmed cases of covid-1...

Petrol Prices plummeting across the UK

7 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Azurnoob

The cost of petrol by the litre across the United Kingdom is sinking close to 1.23 United States Dollars for the first time since 2016.   This fall comes as the industry reports a 75% decline in sales for March across the country amidst an ongoing lo...

Possible Bitcoin ban? Yes, if you ask the Russian central bank

19 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

For the past two years, the Russian Federation has been trying to cope with the new regulatory challenges arising from crypto assets such as Bitcoin. Recent comments by a senior official at the Russian central bank indicate that the government is tak...

The standoff at the river Ugra (Continuation)

7 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

  Hi there, In the previous post, I talked about the quarrel between the Great Duke of Moscow Ivan the Third, and the Mongol Khan Akhmat.  You can read about it here I stopped at the point when Akhmat was threatening the Russians to cross Ugra once...

Mars 2: The Mars Curse

28 Feb 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Solominer

This space probe was part of the unmanned space program under the Soviet Union. It had a lander onboard that attempted to make a soft landing and conduct experiments and collect martian soil to determine material properties. Though due to the failur...

Zond 2: The Mars Curse

20 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer

On the 6th attempt by the Russians to get a space probe to Mars, though a communications issue occurs on the spacecraft on its way to the red planet. One of its solar panels stopped functioning causing the space craft to operate at half power, thoug...

Will Russia's Push for Crypto Regulation Lead To a Promising Outcome?

3 Feb 2020 1 minute read 2 comments BitcoinGordon

Russia's digital economy commision head, Anatoly Aksakov, is pushing for Russia to reach a definitive direction for blockchain by the end of 2020. The original article is linked below. There is pressure from the lobbyists in favor of crypto and block...

The Russian central bank is testing the stablecoins within the perimeter provided by a specific sandbox

30 Dec 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Roberto D.

There is nothing to do, being behind the institutions of the various countries when it comes to cryptocurrencies is practically impossible; in fact, almost all governments go from timid openings to total closure within a few weeks, only to return to...

Russia. Vladimir Putin made a decision in the case of Vladimir Lenin

20 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments dyhudyh

Vladimir Putin finally decided what would happen to the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, which rests in the mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow. From time to time there were voices that the leader of the revolution should disappear from such a prominen...

Russia has been banned from the big sports events for four years!

9 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments DimitarM

The darkest predictions for Russia have come true and the country has been banned of the big sport for four years. The Russians have been restricted from participating in international competitions, including the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic G...