Russia

A Russian aluminum plant, whose owner has been hit by U.S. sanctions, will lease space to a cryptocurrency mining company.

A Russian law firm claims it can recover funds for victims of the 2014 Mt. Gox hack. But critics see some flaws in the outlined plan.

An importer of cryptocurrency mining gear is reportedly under investigation for dodging $1.2 million in Russian customs fees.

A two-year investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia has found that an intelligence branch of the Russian government used bitcoin to fund cyberwarfare efforts and traced this bitcoin to a U.K. exchange.

Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers.

"For us, this was an easy decision. We promised our users 100% privacy and would rather cease to exist than violate this promise, said Telegram's CEO.

Here are some of the top stories from the blockchain and cryptocurrency space in Russia over the past week.

Using BitPay, users can pay and be paid with bitcoin and bitcoin cash on Mail.Ru sites, as well as on social networks Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte.

The first in a series of weekly news highlights about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in Russia.

At the end of 2017, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed a “Digital Economy Development Ordinance,” aimed at developing the country’s IT sector and attracting blockchain...