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ForkLog 15 19.04.2021

Kaliningrad resident loses more than 5 million rubles trying to profit from cryptocurrencies

A Kaliningrad Oblast resident turned to law enforcement authorities after losing over 5.5 million rubles trying to profit from trading securities and cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 27 16.04.2021

Rostec proposes using AI for military aircraft production

Russia plans to deploy machine learning in the production and operation of military aviation equipment. The proposal was put forward by RT-Techpriemka, Rostec's subsidiary, and the Flight Safety Service of the Russian Defence Ministry.

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ForkLog 40 16.04.2021

Troll factory-linked cryptocurrency addresses hit by U.S. sanctions

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added a number of cryptocurrency addresses to the sanctions list, linked to individuals and entities believed to have aided Russian intelligence services in meddling in the U.S. elections and disseminating disinformation.

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ForkLog 7 15.04.2021

Tatarstan police to probe ‘cryptocurrency service’ for signs of a financial pyramid

Seven local residents filed a complaint with the Naberezhnye Chelny police alleging fraud by OXI Corporation. Law enforcement began a preliminary inquiry into possible signs of a financial pyramid, local media report.

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ForkLog 20 14.04.2021

Russian Lawyers Association proposes regulating the AI market.

The Association of Russian Lawyers has proposed regulating the AI market in the country. The association's experts say that the unregulated use of algorithms is already creating a number of problems for Russians.

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ForkLog 7 13.04.2021

Experts weigh the odds of Russia being cut off from Visa and MasterCard and Bitcoin’s role in the scenario

Russian residents could be cut off from international payment systems Visa and MasterCard if Western countries continue to pursue a sanctions policy, said Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary.

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ForkLog 10 13.04.2021

In Chuvashia, police dismantle a network of illegal gaming salons masquerading as cryptocurrency mining offices.

Special units of the Russian National Guard, together with the Interior Ministry, disrupted the operation of illegal gaming salons in Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk that were operating under the guise of 'cryptocurrency mining offices'.

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ForkLog 8 12.04.2021

A Russian man received a car battery instead of mining equipment.

An Amur region resident said he had fallen victim to scammers when buying cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 13 12.04.2021

Russian banks to establish Russia’s first blockchain operator

Several major Russian banks have agreed to establish the first blockchain operator to develop technologies based on distributed ledgers.

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ForkLog 10 12.04.2021

Thieves in Irkutsk region steal mining farm worth 600,000 rubles

Police in the Irkutsk region detained three local residents suspected of stealing cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 8 09.04.2021

MIPT to outline blockchain master’s program with scholarships from NorNickel

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) will hold an online presentation on 19 April devoted to a master's programme in blockchain technologies and tools.

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ForkLog 10 09.04.2021

Media: Operators report outages caused by equipment for the ‘sovereign Runet’

Federal and regional operators report systemic outages caused by equipment with deep packet inspection (DPI) installed under the so-called sovereign Runet law.

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