Russia set on Bakhmut offensive yet making limited gains

[ad_1] Ukrainian officials have indicated that their forces plan to continue offensive operations over the coming winter to capitalise on recent battlefield successes and prevent Russian forces from regaining the…

Musk cited fears of ‘World War III’ to get out of Twitter deal

[ad_1] Tesla boss Elon Musk continues to suffer buyer’s remorse in his fight to get out of his $44 billion (almost €44 billion) deal to buy Twitter – and he even cited…

‘Extremist’ Instagram and Facebook banned in Russia

[ad_1] Instagram and Facebook have been banned in Russia after their parent company Meta was declared an “extremist organisation” by a Moscow court. WhatsApp, the most commonly-used messaging service in…

Facebook to allow posts calling for violence against Russians for now

[ad_1] Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to…

Russian oligarchs facing proposed new UK law targeting ‘dirty money’

[ad_1] Britain will intensify a crackdown on what prime minister Boris Johnson called “dirty money” by introducing the government’s Economic Crime Bill to parliament on Monday, a step brought forward…

Ukraine: Ethereum’s Buterin condemns Russia’s invasion as ‘a crime’

[ad_1] Vitalik Buterin, the Russian-Canadian co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, railed against Russian president Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, condemning it as a “crime against the…

Ukraine crisis: How bank sanctions are only scratcing the surface

[ad_1] The United States, the European Union and Britain announced new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday after Moscow’s recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities. Chief among…

Punishing Putin: How the US could cut Russia off from the tech world

[ad_1] From sanctions to diplomatic means, how to adequately respond to the growing crisis in Ukraine is being hotly debated. Another potential option is to deprive Russia of access to…

Russia is planning to restrict cryptos but not outright ban them

[ad_1] Russian authorities have drawn up a “road map” that envisages restrictions on cryptocurrencies but not a complete ban as advocated by the central bank, according to a document seen…