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ForkLog 19 23.03.2021

Twitter begins removing content banned in Russia after Roskomnadzor’s demands

After Roskomnadzor began slowing Twitter's operation in Russia, the social network began removing content banned in Russia. The agency said.

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ForkLog 14 23.03.2021

Scammers dupe Russian man out of almost 400,000 rubles in ‘Bitcoin trading’

A 64-year-old resident of Rubtsovsk fell victim to scammers who posted an online advertisement about a profitable investment in cryptocurrencies. The Altai Krai Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

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ForkLog 18 18.03.2021

Lawyer says data transfers to Roskomnadzor may be a masked attempt to bypass communications secrecy

Russian authorities want to require telecom operators to provide Roskomnadzor (RKN) with subscribers' personal data, and to force businesses to forward anonymised data about Russians to the state at no cost.

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ForkLog 9 18.03.2021

Media: authorities to require major foreign IT firms to open offices in Russia

The Russian government plans to create a 'digital residency' system for foreign IT companies. The plan envisages mandatory registration of offices or legal entities of such firms on Russia's territory and the levying of taxes.

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ForkLog 20 17.03.2021

Putin orders the Prosecutor-General’s Office to curb illicit cross-border transfers of digital financial assets

President Vladimir Putin has ordered additional measures to curb illegal cross-border transfers of digital financial assets. He said this at the meeting of the collegium of the Prosecutor-General's Office.

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ForkLog 8 17.03.2021

Former Dom-2 contestant detained over Bitcoin fraud

Law enforcement detained the former participant of the reality show Dom-2, Pavel Ulomsky, on suspicion of fraud in a Bitcoin sale.

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ForkLog 19 17.03.2021

Russian woman loses 6.7 million rubles buying a ‘laptop for mining bitcoin’

A Moscow woman handed scammers 6.7 million rubles for a laptop that allegedly could mine bitcoin. This was reported by the Telegram channel Baza.

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ForkLog 11 16.03.2021

Illegal Irkutsk casino shut down, where cryptocurrency mining took place

The Interior Ministry, together with the Rosgvardiya special forces, dismantled an illegal casino in Irkutsk, where cryptocurrency mining was also taking place.

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ForkLog 25 15.03.2021

Duma deputy signals possible change to cryptocurrency declaration threshold

The annual turnover threshold from cryptocurrency operations, at which owners would be required to report to tax authorities about the possession of digital currencies, may be revised. This was written in his Telegram channel by Anton Gorelkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

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ForkLog 8 15.03.2021

Accused of stealing residents’ bank card funds, he moved part of the money into cryptocurrencies.

An inhabitant of Sverdlovsk Oblast was charged with involvement in an organised criminal group that stole funds from bank cards. Part of the stolen money he transferred into cryptocurrencies and handed to the organiser of the criminal group.

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ForkLog 17 12.03.2021

Artist Pokras Lampas sells NFT featuring projection of his drawing for 16 ETH

Russian artist Arseniy Pyzhenkov, known by the pseudonym Pokras Lampas, sold a photograph of the Chirkey Hydroelectric Station as a non-fungible token (NFT) for 16 ETH (about $28,000 at the time of writing).

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ForkLog 16 12.03.2021

Binance suspends direct withdrawals to ruble cards

Russian Binance users have reported that for several weeks they have been unable to withdraw funds to ruble cards. The exchange cites technical reasons.

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