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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said while addressing a forum dubbed Digital Agenda in the Era of Globalization, that official policy towards cryptocurrency should be common across the Eurasian Economic Union. Estonia To Launch Cryptocurrency, Become First E-Nation “What do I have to say concerning cryptoassets? In any case, we…
Image by A.Savin Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who is close to Moscow and opposes movement towards the European Union, today warned that the push to reunification with Romania would lead to civil war in the tiny former Soviet Republic. Moldova has been front and center in the struggle between Moscow…
Image by U.S. Army Materiel Command The Russian Foreign Ministry is warning Russian citizens that American security services are ‘hunting’ for Russians abroad. “Despite our calls to improve cooperation…American intelligence services are virtually ‘hunting’ for Russians all over the world,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its…
The Basic Court of Pristina has sentenced to 6 months in prison the accused of crimes related to terrorism, 23-year-old Kreshnik Podvorica. He was found guilty this Tuesday, but with his acceptance of this criminal offense and co-operation with the justice department, the prison sentence was replaced by 200 hours…
The Russian Defense Ministry reacted smugly to American complaints of Russian pilot behavior during a recent Russian intercept with an American reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, near the Russian mainland. The Pentagon’s allegations about what was described as unsafe interception of an EP-3 US radio-electronic surveillance plane by a…
Image by Flyout The Davos Forum, held a few days ago, was a great occasion for Western Balkan leaders to discuss altogether the common issues and platforms to achieve their final goal – joining the EU. In an interview given to EURACTIV.com, Albanian PM Edi Rama stated that Albania has…
An exhausted Siberian tigress – one of only 500 still living in the wild – came out of the wild in Khabarovsk region and lay down on the porch of a house in the village Solontsovy, blocking the door. 55,000 Year Old Siberian Cave Lion Found Intact, Could Be Cloned…
Russia Reacts Harshly To Treasury ‘Friends Of Putin’ List.
Image by randreu Burger King is leading the cryptocurrency movement in the Russian Federation by issuing ‘WhopperCoins’, via a digital wallet, to customers that can be used to purchase food in the future. The tokens can also be traded with others. Russia To Implement Cryptocurrency Regulation “WhopperCoin transactions will be…