(Reuters) -Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases. Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier that Assad had left Syria and given orders...
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated support for Bitcoin and digital assets as the European powerhouse approached greater crypto adoption. “Nobody can stop Bitcoin” btc7.74%Bitcoin, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said at the World Trade Center in Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 4, according to Bloomberg and local news agency TASS. President Putin also stated that BTC and digital assets will...
Russian crypto holdings on centralized exchanges still worth billions despite volatility, Bank of Russia reveals. Russian crypto holdings on centralized exchanges still amount billions despite nearly a 16% decline comparing to March’s figures, per the Bank of Russia’s latest report. According to the central bank’s data, Russians held $6.8 billion in crypto on centralized exchanges, marking a 15.8%...
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks. Here is some international reaction to Tuesday's move: WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL "We were not surprised by Russia's announcement that it would update its nuclear doctrine; Russia had been...
KYIV (Reuters): Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday (Nov 19), taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing Biden administration on the war's 1,000th day. Russia said its forces shot down five of six of the missiles, which were fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of...
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian man who is fighting in the war between Ukraine and Russia has been injured but remains alive, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said intelligence gathered showed that the 20-year-old man from Kedah was injured by shrapnel from a Russian drone strike in October. ALSO READ: Cops verifying claims of MyKad, M'sian...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wants to woo Russian tourists transiting through Shanghai on their way to Southeast Asia, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Christina Liew. She said the current three weekly flights from Moscow to Shanghai make it a hub with huge potential from which to pull Russian tourists into Sabah as they make their way...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia's richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer. Two people were killed in a shooting on Wednesday just a few blocks away from the Kremlin at the Wildberries...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Foreign Ministry, through its embassy in Moscow, is closely monitoring the recent drone attacks in Moscow and other developments in the Kursk region. "We will continue to assess the situation to ensure the safety of Malaysians (in Russia)," it said in a statement on Thursday (Aug 22). Malaysians residing in or visiting affected areas...
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Monday (Aug 19), his first trip to the war-torn country since its conflict with Russia and about a month after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Details of the trip will be shared later in the day, the foreign ministry...
