Russia’s national power grid company Rosseti is testing a system for electricity bill payments based on a distributed ledger by Waves.
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The BRICS association of major emerging economies has discussed developing a digital currency to facilitate trade between member nations.
Russian regulators will begin developing proposals for legislation allowing confiscation of crypto assets seized in crime investigations.
Metal giant Rusal is renting its facilities to the Russian Mining Corporation following 2018 U.S. sanctions.
Fans mobbed Binance's CEO like a rock star on his recent visit to Moscow. The warm feelings are mutual, with a big Russian expansion in the works.
The last of three Russian scientists caught illegally mining bitcoin at a top-secret nuclear lab has been given a prison sentence.
Russia's central bank sees no strong reason to launch a national cryptocurrency that would override the potential risks, according to its chief.
The engineer at a top-secret nuclear lab, along with two colleagues, had accessed the plant's supercomputer to mine bitcoin.
CoinDesk On Location goes deep inside a Siberian crypto mining factory situated near a remote hydroelectric plant.
Some Mt. Gox creditors have signed on to a law firm’s unorthodox proposal to recover their bitcoin, but many are skeptical about its motives.
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, bought about $15 million worth of accounts receivable from commodity giant Trafigura using a Hyperledger blockchain.
Favorable energy prices and a naturally cold climate are turning Siberia into an international hub for bitcoin miners.
Hotmine makes a bitcoin mining rig that doubles as a home heating appliance. It's targeting places where winter is brutally cold.
A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher.