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EU Moves To Ban Russia';s Digital Ruble And Crypto Services In New Sanctions
08 Feb 2026 13:54 GMT
… insights EU blocks Russia';s digital ruble and crypto services to … measures aim to weaken Moscow's ability to fund … bans maintenance services for Russian LNG tankers and icebreakers.
Additionally, … services to sanctioned Russian oil shipments could face heavy …
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RUSSIAN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED GROWTH
08 Feb 2026 11:29 GMT
… passed the 1 trillion ruble yearly threshold that year. … of the Russian tourism and hospitality industry. Russian citizens used … overnight stays nationwide.
Russians made roughly 163 million … Hospitality Industry outlook
The Russian tourism and hospitality …
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Sberbank Launches Crypto-Backed Loans for Russian Corporations Amid Growing Digital Asset Demand
08 Feb 2026 01:41 GMT
… significant lending opportunities.
Many Russian companies have accumulated crypto holdings … Environment Shapes Market Development
Russia’s central bank classifies cryptocurrencies … Russians to hold crypto while preventing it from replacing the ruble …
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When Russia traded vodka and warships for Pepsi: The most controversial deal in history, still taught at Harvard
07 Feb 2026 20:15 GMT
… , the United States and Russia were involved in a profound … of the year 1989, the Russian government traded an American company … National Exhibition was held in Moscow, and amid the exhibition, … directly because their currency, the rouble, had no value in the …
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EU sanctions take aim at Russia’s CBDC and crypto service providers
07 Feb 2026 08:20 GMT
… crypto and digital ruble bans affect Russia’s ability to … interacting with Russian crypto-asset service providers.
Russia’s traditional … ban on maintenance services for Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG … East to stop helping Moscow evade trade bans. This …
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Russia’s Sovcombank Becomes First Russian Bank to Publicly Offer Bitcoin-Backed Lending
06 Feb 2026 23:24 GMT
… Russia';s Sovcombank Launches First Public Bitcoin-Backed Loans
→ Get Ruble Loans … , liquidity, and banking services
Russian miners and crypto businesses increasingly … engagement with the crypto economy. Russian banks are gradually integrating digital …
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EU Proposes Sweeping New Sanctions to Tighten Pressure on Russia’s War Economy
06 Feb 2026 21:15 GMT
… against Russia on Friday, aiming to squeeze Moscow’s … ruble. EU officials say targeting the maritime network that moves Russian … separate sanctions packages since Russia launched its full- … to intensify restrictions on Russia’s financial sector, particularly …
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Russian Exporters’ FX Sales Fall to 3-Year Low, But Ruble Holds Firm
06 Feb 2026 17:25 GMT
… foreign currency sales by Russia’s 29 largest exporters … Russian companies to rely more on alternative settlement schemes.
The ruble … fluctuations are offset by Russia’s fiscal rule, under … ruble.
Read this story in Russian at The Moscow Times' Russian …
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Bank of Russia introduces strict account requirements in amended digital ruble rules
06 Feb 2026 15:37 GMT
… from using digital ruble accounts for business
Russian crypto media … that regular digital ruble accounts of private Russian citizens can be … project to issue the Russian ruble in digital form is … by lawmakers in Moscow, the digital ruble will be introduced …
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The Moscow Exchange index has started to rebound
06 Feb 2026 09:51 GMT
… 2,750 points on the Moscow Exchange Index was easily … around Iran.
The yuan-ruble pair tried to break through … commodity markets eventually weakened the ruble, which fell by 0. … agency publishes materials submitted by Russian and foreign investment companies …