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ForkLog 17 29.09.2021

Group-IB offices raided; founder arrested in treason case

In the Moscow headquarters of Group-IB, searches were conducted. According to media sources, they are linked to a criminal case in which Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov was detained.

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ForkLog 22 29.09.2021

Media: Roskomnadzor Threatens to Block YouTube

Roskomnadzor has asked Google to lift restrictions on Russia Today YouTube channels. Otherwise the agency threatens to block the service in full or partially within the Russian Federation, according to Interfax.

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ForkLog 11 28.09.2021

Russian Post plans to deploy blockchain in its operations

Russian Post plans to deploy blockchain to track supply chains. The initiative has been included in the company's digital transformation strategy, according to Vedomosti.

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ForkLog 15 28.09.2021

Khakassia resident handed over almost 3 million rubles to cryptocurrency scammers

A resident of Khakassia will report to the authorities about a fraud by unknown individuals who offered large profits from investing in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 11 28.09.2021

In Russia, artificial intelligence will identify ‘dangerous schoolchildren’ from their essays

The Russian government will allocate 1.7 billion rubles to create a system for identifying 'socially dangerous and destructive behavior among schoolchildren' through analysis of their written work.

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ForkLog 9 27.09.2021

In the Samara region, authorities probe fraud by Finiko employees amounting to 6 million rubles

The Samara region's Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened eight criminal cases of fraud against Finiko employees.

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ForkLog 19 24.09.2021

Court in Kazan extends arrest of Finiko’s vice president Ilgiz Shakirov

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan extended the arrest of Finiko's vice president Ilgiz Shakirov until November 28.

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ForkLog 28 23.09.2021

Court extends pre-trial detention for Finiko pyramid founder Kirill Doronin

As of now, the Kazan’s Vakhov?vsky District Court extended the detention of Finiko founder Kirill Doronin by two months, until November 28.

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ForkLog 27 22.09.2021

Elliptic calculates amount laundered through the Suex Bitcoin exchange

The analytics firm Elliptic studied transactions of the U.S.-sanctioned Suex exchange and concluded that over $370 million passed through it, linked to cybercrime.

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ForkLog 21 22.09.2021

Central Election Commission considers moving to a common blockchain platform amid Moscow voting problems

Alexey Venediktov, head of the Public Headquarters for Election Observation in Moscow, proposed that members of the technical working group recheck the results of the remote electronic voting (DEG), conducted via the city’s blockchain system.

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ForkLog 8 22.09.2021

Hackers demand $5.9 million in cryptocurrency from a U.S. food company

The BlackMatter hacker group, allegedly linked to Russia, attacked the American company New Cooperative, which supplies grain to farms.

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ForkLog 52 22.09.2021

Co-founder of US-sanctioned exchange Suex denies illicit activity

Russian Vasily Zhabykin confirmed his ties to the Suex exchange, whose cryptocurrency addresses were added to the U.S. sanctions list, but denies any illicit activity by the company.

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