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Sberbank Launches Crypto-Backed Loans for Russian Corporations Amid Growing Digital Asset Demand
08 Feb 2026 01:41 GMT
TLDR:
Sberbank completed its first crypto-backed loan to mining company Intelion Data in late 2025 as a pilot program.
Russia’s central bank permits cryptocurrency trading but prohibits domestic payments, creating specific use cases.
Western sanctions …
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Australia Appoints New Ambassador To Ukraine
08 Feb 2026 00:42 GMT
… for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia … and energy assistance, trade and investment, multilateral cooperation, and people-to … advancing Australia’s interests in Ukraine and Moldova since 2023.
Source …
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India not to buy Russian oil? US again says so in tariff cut order, but no final word from ministries in Delhi yet
07 Feb 2026 21:40 GMT
… oil purchases from Russia amid the the Ukraine war.
What US … directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil”.
What joint … has said on Russian oil
On Russian oil, while Piyush … it will “further deepen investment and technology partnerships between us …
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Signal Under Siege: How Russian-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting the Encrypted Messenger’s Trust to Infiltrate High-Value Targets
07 Feb 2026 21:24 GMT
… Russian intelligence effort to monitor the communications of Ukrainian … adversaries willing to invest in targeted phishing operations … Russian-linked actors fits within a well-documented pattern of Moscow … chain in 2020, Russian intelligence agencies have …
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Washington rejected the extension of New Start Treaty with Moscow
07 Feb 2026 21:05 GMT
… States government rejected the Russian proposal to extend the … by President Obama and Russian Dmitry Medvedev in Prague … United Nations insists that Russia and the United States … Peter Thiel have accelerated investments in Greenlandic ventures like KoBold …
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Armenia’s security architecture in a changing balance of power: The role of India and France, risks and prospects
07 Feb 2026 19:08 GMT
… credible external assistance, Armenia accommodated Moscow as a last … connectivity via Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakhstan, potentially … tranche of American investment and deeper integration … with Armenia with the fading reliability of Armenian-Russian …
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War in Ukraine now longer than Soviet fight against Nazi Germany
07 Feb 2026 16:40 GMT
… and defeated the Russian advances into northern Ukraine. Since then, Russian forces have … Healey stated: “We are surging investment into our preparations following the … to up the pressure on Moscow.
Russian shadow fleet vessels do not …
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Less taxes for the less fortunate, leaving Russian energy: Tisza Party reveals policy programme
07 Feb 2026 15:58 GMT
… on Russian energy by 2035 through diversification, energy efficiency investments and … , expand paid paternity leave, invest in elderly care facilities and … and compensate victims.
Environmentally controversial investments, particularly battery plants, would …
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Syria, Saudi Arabia ink mega investment deals in push for reconstruction after years of war
07 Feb 2026 15:29 GMT
… exploration and follow other investments Saudi Arabia announced after … meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 28 January 2026. ( … commend the Saudi-Syrian investment agreements announced this week. … addition, Saudi Arabia will invest in upgrading Syria’s …
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Trump’s Ukraine team has no clue about ending wars, says former security chief
07 Feb 2026 15:27 GMT
… today.”
He explained the Moscow currently believes “the military … investment.
Zelensky has since revealed that US has given Ukraine and Russia … will keep pushing Europeans to invest more in European security, … to do more to invest, more to become more …