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Russia is developing a new advanced aircraft carrier project

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 01/18/2013 - 14:00 In Military

A concept of the Russian aircraft carrier called Project 23000.

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Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has a project for an advanced aircraft carrier in progress, while transmitting its own position to the command of the Russian Navy, USC CEO Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview published on the corporation's website.

Meanwhile, the CEO pointed out that the corporation has its own opinion on "what is a future aircraft carrier, how it should be built and with what technological specifications.

The Tass news agency reported that Rakhmanov also confirmed that the heavy aircraft cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov will be commissioned in 2024. According to the CEO, this specific request involves more than 2,000 people.

"This is a question for the Navy - whether or not an aircraft carrier should be built and what kind of aircraft carrier. This discussion comes from the time I worked at the company for 8 years. We are proactive in design and regularly transmit our position to the Navy. We have to know, and know precisely, what our enemy thinks and what he does. The repairs did not stop even for a single minute of the cruiser's time on the pier," said Alexey Rakhmanov.

Admiral Kuznetsov is an aircraft carrier (cruiser of heavy aircraft in the Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. It was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the only manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, in Nikolayev, in the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine (SSR) and launched in 1985, becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995. It was originally commissioned in the Soviet Marine Union, and was designed to be the leading ship of the Admiral Kuznetsov class of two ships. The second hull was eventually sold by Ukraine to China, modified in Dalian and commissioned as Liaoning.

In June 2021, Vladimir Korolev, vice president of United Shipbuilding Corporation, announced that the review and update of Admiral Kuznetsov should be completed by the first half of 2023.

Admiral Kuznetsov continues to be revised and modernized.

The avionics, flight deck with ski jump, electrical equipment and the engine is expected to be replaced as part of this Kuznetsov upgrade process. The aircraft carrier would also receive a new all-national takeoff and landing control system, with the air power on board remaining the same.

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People take pictures at the newly opened Zaryadye Park off Red Square, with the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Nikolayev, one of more than 56 million Russians who re-elected President Vladimir Putin in March, is already counting the likely cost of a weaker ruble: less spending power abroad, higher prices at home, and another round of belt tightening.

But Nikolayev, a 56-year old graphic designer who enjoys foreign travel and imported wine, blames the West, not Putin, for the pain and has no regrets about voting for a politician he sees as the right man to guide Russia through troubled times.

“It’s painful and it’s unpleasant, but it won’t change my politics,” Nikolayev said of the ruble shedding 10 percent of its value against the dollar since the end of July, driven down largely by new U.S. sanctions on Russia.

“In fact, as strange as it may sound, it will only strengthen my convictions. They (the West) are trying to break Russia.”

Nikolayev’s view that Putin is not to blame is held widely among Russians, according to Stepan Goncharov, a sociologist at the Levada Center pollster.

“People don’t really understand the dynamics behind it and the president, traditionally, is safe from criticism,” Goncharov told Reuters.

The narrative in Russia that the ruble’s slide is the result of a Western plot has direct echoes with Turkey, Russia’s ally whose lira currency slid to a record low on Monday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said his country is the target of an economic war and has said Turkey will boycott some U.S. imports in retaliation.

In Russia, the falling ruble causes pain for some. The price of imported goods is likely to rise. Foreign vacations have also become more expensive.

Irina Turina, a spokeswoman for the Russian Travel Industry Union, said travel agents had seen demand for package holidays fall by 10-15 percent last week because of the ruble’s volatility.

“People who have not yet paid in full for their holidays are rushing to pay off the rest even if they have no obligation to do so,” Turina told Reuters, saying people were worried that the outstanding balance would be recalculated according to a higher, less favorable exchange rate.

“People who have not yet bought package holidays are also pausing for thought,” she said. “It’s not just about paying for your holiday, you need spending money once you get there and people take dollars.”

SANGUINE MOOD

Nevertheless, early and anecdotal signs suggest many Russians, long inured to a volatile national currency, are stoical, even defiant, in the face of a falling ruble.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week that the sanctions on Russia had nothing to do with Moscow’s behavior in places like Ukraine or Syria but were motivated by a U.S. need to keep economic rivals down.

That view finds favor with many Russians who have listened via state TV and taken in the Kremlin’s anti-Western rhetoric for years.

Other Russians were simply sanguine about a ruble drop that has taken few by surprise because they have seen worse before.

“Nothing is forever, things will change somehow,” said Moscow resident Gennady Tsurkan. “Everything will always change for the better. I think that these days are not far off, I believe that.”

The fall in the ruble is much less severe than the currency crisis after 2014, when an economic slump coincided with the fallout from Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

Russia’s exposure to ruble fluctuations is significantly less that it was four years ago.

Since that time, Russian companies have reduced their foreign borrowing, the state has cut the amount it needs to raise on Western debt markets, and the country imports fewer goods that it needs to pay for in dollars.

Putin’s still-high approval rating has slipped in the past few months, but pollsters put that down to an unpopular proposed pension reform, not the weakness of the ruble.

Pollsters say while the ruble’s weakness may fuel an emerging sense of discontent among some Russians sparked by the pension reform, it is unclear if it will catalyze protests or influence a political landscape which Putin has bestrode for over 18 years.

“If it does have an effect, it will be an indirect one, magnifying discontent over falling living conditions,” said Levada Center’s Goncharov.

Nikolayev, the Putin-supporting graphic designer, was philosophical.

“It’s like sunshine or snow. I can’t influence it. Maybe I’ll have to drink a different kind of wine. Or maybe I’ll have to buy one instead of two pairs of shoes. It’s painful but not that painful.”

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People take pictures at the newly opened Zaryadye Park off Red Square, with the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Nikolayev, one of more than 56 million Russians who re-elected President Vladimir Putin in March, is already counting the likely cost of a weaker ruble: less spending power abroad, higher prices at home, and another round of belt tightening.

But Nikolayev, a 56-year old graphic designer who enjoys foreign travel and imported wine, blames the West, not Putin, for the pain and has no regrets about voting for a politician he sees as the right man to guide Russia through troubled times.

“It’s painful and it’s unpleasant, but it won’t change my politics,” Nikolayev said of the ruble shedding 10 percent of its value against the dollar since the end of July, driven down largely by new U.S. sanctions on Russia.

“In fact, as strange as it may sound, it will only strengthen my convictions. They (the West) are trying to break Russia.”

Nikolayev’s view that Putin is not to blame is held widely among Russians, according to Stepan Goncharov, a sociologist at the Levada Center pollster.

“People don’t really understand the dynamics behind it and the president, traditionally, is safe from criticism,” Goncharov told Reuters.

The narrative in Russia that the ruble’s slide is the result of a Western plot has direct echoes with Turkey, Russia’s ally whose lira currency slid to a record low on Monday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said his country is the target of an economic war and has said Turkey will boycott some U.S. imports in retaliation.

In Russia, the falling ruble causes pain for some. The price of imported goods is likely to rise. Foreign vacations have also become more expensive.

Irina Turina, a spokeswoman for the Russian Travel Industry Union, said travel agents had seen demand for package holidays fall by 10-15 percent last week because of the ruble’s volatility.

“People who have not yet paid in full for their holidays are rushing to pay off the rest even if they have no obligation to do so,” Turina told Reuters, saying people were worried that the outstanding balance would be recalculated according to a higher, less favorable exchange rate.

“People who have not yet bought package holidays are also pausing for thought,” she said. “It’s not just about paying for your holiday, you need spending money once you get there and people take dollars.”

SANGUINE MOOD

Nevertheless, early and anecdotal signs suggest many Russians, long inured to a volatile national currency, are stoical, even defiant, in the face of a falling ruble.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week that the sanctions on Russia had nothing to do with Moscow’s behavior in places like Ukraine or Syria but were motivated by a U.S. need to keep economic rivals down.

That view finds favor with many Russians who have listened via state TV and taken in the Kremlin’s anti-Western rhetoric for years.

Other Russians were simply sanguine about a ruble drop that has taken few by surprise because they have seen worse before.

“Nothing is forever, things will change somehow,” said Moscow resident Gennady Tsurkan. “Everything will always change for the better. I think that these days are not far off, I believe that.”

The fall in the ruble is much less severe than the currency crisis after 2014, when an economic slump coincided with the fallout from Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

Russia’s exposure to ruble fluctuations is significantly less that it was four years ago.

Since that time, Russian companies have reduced their foreign borrowing, the state has cut the amount it needs to raise on Western debt markets, and the country imports fewer goods that it needs to pay for in dollars.

Putin’s still-high approval rating has slipped in the past few months, but pollsters put that down to an unpopular proposed pension reform, not the weakness of the ruble.

Pollsters say while the ruble’s weakness may fuel an emerging sense of discontent among some Russians sparked by the pension reform, it is unclear if it will catalyze protests or influence a political landscape which Putin has bestrode for over 18 years.

“If it does have an effect, it will be an indirect one, magnifying discontent over falling living conditions,” said Levada Center’s Goncharov.

Nikolayev, the Putin-supporting graphic designer, was philosophical.

“It’s like sunshine or snow. I can’t influence it. Maybe I’ll have to drink a different kind of wine. Or maybe I’ll have to buy one instead of two pairs of shoes. It’s painful but not that painful.”

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People take pictures at the newly opened Zaryadye Park off Red Square, with the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Nikolayev, one of more than 56 million Russians who re-elected President Vladimir Putin in March, is already counting the likely cost of a weaker ruble: less spending power abroad, higher prices at home, and another round of belt tightening.

But Nikolayev, a 56-year old graphic designer who enjoys foreign travel and imported wine, blames the West, not Putin, for the pain and has no regrets about voting for a politician he sees as the right man to guide Russia through troubled times.

“It’s painful and it’s unpleasant, but it won’t change my politics,” Nikolayev said of the ruble shedding 10 percent of its value against the dollar since the end of July, driven down largely by new U.S. sanctions on Russia.

“In fact, as strange as it may sound, it will only strengthen my convictions. They (the West) are trying to break Russia.”

Nikolayev’s view that Putin is not to blame is held widely among Russians, according to Stepan Goncharov, a sociologist at the Levada Center pollster.

“People don’t really understand the dynamics behind it and the president, traditionally, is safe from criticism,” Goncharov told Reuters.

The narrative in Russia that the ruble’s slide is the result of a Western plot has direct echoes with Turkey, Russia’s ally whose lira currency slid to a record low on Monday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said his country is the target of an economic war and has said Turkey will boycott some U.S. imports in retaliation.

In Russia, the falling ruble causes pain for some. The price of imported goods is likely to rise. Foreign vacations have also become more expensive.

Irina Turina, a spokeswoman for the Russian Travel Industry Union, said travel agents had seen demand for package holidays fall by 10-15 percent last week because of the ruble’s volatility.

“People who have not yet paid in full for their holidays are rushing to pay off the rest even if they have no obligation to do so,” Turina told Reuters, saying people were worried that the outstanding balance would be recalculated according to a higher, less favorable exchange rate.

“People who have not yet bought package holidays are also pausing for thought,” she said. “It’s not just about paying for your holiday, you need spending money once you get there and people take dollars.”

SANGUINE MOOD

Nevertheless, early and anecdotal signs suggest many Russians, long inured to a volatile national currency, are stoical, even defiant, in the face of a falling ruble.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week that the sanctions on Russia had nothing to do with Moscow’s behavior in places like Ukraine or Syria but were motivated by a U.S. need to keep economic rivals down.

That view finds favor with many Russians who have listened via state TV and taken in the Kremlin’s anti-Western rhetoric for years.

Other Russians were simply sanguine about a ruble drop that has taken few by surprise because they have seen worse before.

“Nothing is forever, things will change somehow,” said Moscow resident Gennady Tsurkan. “Everything will always change for the better. I think that these days are not far off, I believe that.”

The fall in the ruble is much less severe than the currency crisis after 2014, when an economic slump coincided with the fallout from Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

Russia’s exposure to ruble fluctuations is significantly less that it was four years ago.

Since that time, Russian companies have reduced their foreign borrowing, the state has cut the amount it needs to raise on Western debt markets, and the country imports fewer goods that it needs to pay for in dollars.

Putin’s still-high approval rating has slipped in the past few months, but pollsters put that down to an unpopular proposed pension reform, not the weakness of the ruble.

Pollsters say while the ruble’s weakness may fuel an emerging sense of discontent among some Russians sparked by the pension reform, it is unclear if it will catalyze protests or influence a political landscape which Putin has bestrode for over 18 years.

“If it does have an effect, it will be an indirect one, magnifying discontent over falling living conditions,” said Levada Center’s Goncharov.

Nikolayev, the Putin-supporting graphic designer, was philosophical.

“It’s like sunshine or snow. I can’t influence it. Maybe I’ll have to drink a different kind of wine. Or maybe I’ll have to buy one instead of two pairs of shoes. It’s painful but not that painful.”

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

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Ruble slump hits Russians' wallets, not their support for Putin

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People take pictures at the newly opened Zaryadye Park off Red Square, with the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral seen in the background, in central Moscow

By Andrew Osborn

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Nikolayev, one of more than 56 million Russians who re-elected President Vladimir Putin in March, is already counting the likely cost of a weaker ruble: less spending power abroad, higher prices at home, and another round of belt tightening.

But Nikolayev, a 56-year old graphic designer who enjoys foreign travel and imported wine, blames the West, not Putin, for the pain and has no regrets about voting for a politician he sees as the right man to guide Russia through troubled times.

“It’s painful and it’s unpleasant, but it won’t change my politics,” Nikolayev said of the ruble shedding 10 percent of its value against the dollar since the end of July, driven down largely by new U.S. sanctions on Russia.

“In fact, as strange as it may sound, it will only strengthen my convictions. They (the West) are trying to break Russia.”

Nikolayev’s view that Putin is not to blame is held widely among Russians, according to Stepan Goncharov, a sociologist at the Levada Center pollster.

“People don’t really understand the dynamics behind it and the president, traditionally, is safe from criticism,” Goncharov told Reuters.

The narrative in Russia that the ruble’s slide is the result of a Western plot has direct echoes with Turkey, Russia’s ally whose lira currency slid to a record low on Monday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said his country is the target of an economic war and has said Turkey will boycott some U.S. imports in retaliation.

In Russia, the falling ruble causes pain for some. The price of imported goods is likely to rise. Foreign vacations have also become more expensive.

Irina Turina, a spokeswoman for the Russian Travel Industry Union, said travel agents had seen demand for package holidays fall by 10-15 percent last week because of the ruble’s volatility.

“People who have not yet paid in full for their holidays are rushing to pay off the rest even if they have no obligation to do so,” Turina told Reuters, saying people were worried that the outstanding balance would be recalculated according to a higher, less favorable exchange rate.

“People who have not yet bought package holidays are also pausing for thought,” she said. “It’s not just about paying for your holiday, you need spending money once you get there and people take dollars.”

SANGUINE MOOD

Nevertheless, early and anecdotal signs suggest many Russians, long inured to a volatile national currency, are stoical, even defiant, in the face of a falling ruble.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week that the sanctions on Russia had nothing to do with Moscow’s behavior in places like Ukraine or Syria but were motivated by a U.S. need to keep economic rivals down.

That view finds favor with many Russians who have listened via state TV and taken in the Kremlin’s anti-Western rhetoric for years.

Other Russians were simply sanguine about a ruble drop that has taken few by surprise because they have seen worse before.

“Nothing is forever, things will change somehow,” said Moscow resident Gennady Tsurkan. “Everything will always change for the better. I think that these days are not far off, I believe that.”

The fall in the ruble is much less severe than the currency crisis after 2014, when an economic slump coincided with the fallout from Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

Russia’s exposure to ruble fluctuations is significantly less that it was four years ago.

Since that time, Russian companies have reduced their foreign borrowing, the state has cut the amount it needs to raise on Western debt markets, and the country imports fewer goods that it needs to pay for in dollars.

Putin’s still-high approval rating has slipped in the past few months, but pollsters put that down to an unpopular proposed pension reform, not the weakness of the ruble.

Pollsters say while the ruble’s weakness may fuel an emerging sense of discontent among some Russians sparked by the pension reform, it is unclear if it will catalyze protests or influence a political landscape which Putin has bestrode for over 18 years.

“If it does have an effect, it will be an indirect one, magnifying discontent over falling living conditions,” said Levada Center’s Goncharov.

Nikolayev, the Putin-supporting graphic designer, was philosophical.

“It’s like sunshine or snow. I can’t influence it. Maybe I’ll have to drink a different kind of wine. Or maybe I’ll have to buy one instead of two pairs of shoes. It’s painful but not that painful.”

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

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(@stuart_xrp) January 16, 2019

The House is likely to pass the crypto regulation law by March, which could further pave the way for the government to launch its central bank digital currency.

Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Announced

With Russia hinting to become a crypto-friendly state, the country is also putting its first big blockchain bet on an oil-backed cryptocurrency.

According to former energy minister Igor Yusufov, Russia is in the final stages of issuing a cryptocurrency-version of the petrodollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting of a regulatory base for cryptocurrencies in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia| Source: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The Fund Energy founder told Rambler that they were looking to bypass the trade and other financial restrictions. He also claimed that other oil-producing countries were also aiming to increase their oil and gas exports without relying on a US Dollar-pegged petrodollar. Excerpts from his statement:

“OPEC + member countries control more than 2/3 of the world’s oil reserves. Such a union in their own interests will be not only logical but also economically justified.”

Launch in CIS Countries

Oil producing countries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, are currently facing economic sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president. Venezuela, for instance, attempted to circumvent the sanctions and announced their oil-backed cryptocurrency called Petro. Nevertheless, President Trump signed an executive order banning any US Dollar-based financial transaction involving Petro.

On the other hand, Russia is looking more cautious when it comes to expanding its crypto oil project. Yusufov said that they would first launch the crypto oil project in the CIS countries. The move would minimize US interference in their plan. At the same time, it would allow the government to set up a framework first between energy producers and consumers in CIS.

“In this regard, one should not forget about the current Intergovernmental Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the gas sector until 2028 and the relevant contract for the purchase of Turkmen gas by Gazprom,” explained Yusufov. “Therefore, in the case of the project, such a center can become the first global center of cryptocurrency with real security.”

How do you think the Intergovernmental disputes between the US and other nations would play out?  Tell us in the comment box below.

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[molkolsdal]

EV: Did anyone ask for help getting back to Russia?

AN: No one. They don't need my help — at any time they can come back very easily just by calling the Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee in Moscow.

They don't do it because they have found their home in Afghanistan. Many of the men who attempted to come back to Russia in 1990s and 2000s faced difficulties. Afghanistan became their home, as Russia could not give them anything. The country itself was in trouble.

For example, I heard about a man named Yury Stepanov, who came back in 1996, lived in Bashkortostan for a half a year, couldn't get a job and returned to Afghanistan, where he got far more work offers. He built a hydropower station and set up a television satellite for the residents.

EV: Why did so many POWs stay in Afghanistan?

AN: Because the Soviet Union collapsed. If the country hadn't disappeared, they would have returned much earlier and would have been able to adapt much more easily.

And then, most of the men in the book were just afraid to come back — they were deserters and were not hailed as "war heroes," despite the amnesty for them announced in 1989.

But they are living good lives and Afghans like them. In general, the Afghan people respect Russians. When my translator and I were drinking tea in a local chaikhona ("tea house") in Chaghcharan, some local people told us, "We had a war with you, but the roads and hospitals that we still use were built by you." Amazing that they still remember that!

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

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(@stuart_xrp) January 16, 2019

The House is likely to pass the crypto regulation law by March, which could further pave the way for the government to launch its central bank digital currency.

Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Announced

With Russia hinting to become a crypto-friendly state, the country is also putting its first big blockchain bet on an oil-backed cryptocurrency.

According to former energy minister Igor Yusufov, Russia is in the final stages of issuing a cryptocurrency-version of the petrodollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting of a regulatory base for cryptocurrencies in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia| Source: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The Fund Energy founder told Rambler that they were looking to bypass the trade and other financial restrictions. He also claimed that other oil-producing countries were also aiming to increase their oil and gas exports without relying on a US Dollar-pegged petrodollar. Excerpts from his statement:

“OPEC + member countries control more than 2/3 of the world’s oil reserves. Such a union in their own interests will be not only logical but also economically justified.”

Launch in CIS Countries

Oil producing countries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, are currently facing economic sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president. Venezuela, for instance, attempted to circumvent the sanctions and announced their oil-backed cryptocurrency called Petro. Nevertheless, President Trump signed an executive order banning any US Dollar-based financial transaction involving Petro.

On the other hand, Russia is looking more cautious when it comes to expanding its crypto oil project. Yusufov said that they would first launch the crypto oil project in the CIS countries. The move would minimize US interference in their plan. At the same time, it would allow the government to set up a framework first between energy producers and consumers in CIS.

“In this regard, one should not forget about the current Intergovernmental Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the gas sector until 2028 and the relevant contract for the purchase of Turkmen gas by Gazprom,” explained Yusufov. “Therefore, in the case of the project, such a center can become the first global center of cryptocurrency with real security.”

How do you think the Intergovernmental disputes between the US and other nations would play out?  Tell us in the comment box below.

Source link https://ift.tt/2SoC8p4

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

— ༜༝🅂🅃🅄🄰🅁🅃🅇🅁🄿

(@stuart_xrp) January 16, 2019

The House is likely to pass the crypto regulation law by March, which could further pave the way for the government to launch its central bank digital currency.

Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Announced

With Russia hinting to become a crypto-friendly state, the country is also putting its first big blockchain bet on an oil-backed cryptocurrency.

According to former energy minister Igor Yusufov, Russia is in the final stages of issuing a cryptocurrency-version of the petrodollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting of a regulatory base for cryptocurrencies in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia| Source: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The Fund Energy founder told Rambler that they were looking to bypass the trade and other financial restrictions. He also claimed that other oil-producing countries were also aiming to increase their oil and gas exports without relying on a US Dollar-pegged petrodollar. Excerpts from his statement:

“OPEC + member countries control more than 2/3 of the world’s oil reserves. Such a union in their own interests will be not only logical but also economically justified.”

Launch in CIS Countries

Oil producing countries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, are currently facing economic sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president. Venezuela, for instance, attempted to circumvent the sanctions and announced their oil-backed cryptocurrency called Petro. Nevertheless, President Trump signed an executive order banning any US Dollar-based financial transaction involving Petro.

On the other hand, Russia is looking more cautious when it comes to expanding its crypto oil project. Yusufov said that they would first launch the crypto oil project in the CIS countries. The move would minimize US interference in their plan. At the same time, it would allow the government to set up a framework first between energy producers and consumers in CIS.

“In this regard, one should not forget about the current Intergovernmental Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the gas sector until 2028 and the relevant contract for the purchase of Turkmen gas by Gazprom,” explained Yusufov. “Therefore, in the case of the project, such a center can become the first global center of cryptocurrency with real security.”

How do you think the Intergovernmental disputes between the US and other nations would play out?  Tell us in the comment box below.

Source link https://ift.tt/2SoC8p4

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

— ༜༝🅂🅃🅄🄰🅁🅃🅇🅁🄿

(@stuart_xrp) January 16, 2019

The House is likely to pass the crypto regulation law by March, which could further pave the way for the government to launch its central bank digital currency.

Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Announced

With Russia hinting to become a crypto-friendly state, the country is also putting its first big blockchain bet on an oil-backed cryptocurrency.

According to former energy minister Igor Yusufov, Russia is in the final stages of issuing a cryptocurrency-version of the petrodollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting of a regulatory base for cryptocurrencies in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia| Source: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The Fund Energy founder told Rambler that they were looking to bypass the trade and other financial restrictions. He also claimed that other oil-producing countries were also aiming to increase their oil and gas exports without relying on a US Dollar-pegged petrodollar. Excerpts from his statement:

“OPEC + member countries control more than 2/3 of the world’s oil reserves. Such a union in their own interests will be not only logical but also economically justified.”

Launch in CIS Countries

Oil producing countries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, are currently facing economic sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president. Venezuela, for instance, attempted to circumvent the sanctions and announced their oil-backed cryptocurrency called Petro. Nevertheless, President Trump signed an executive order banning any US Dollar-based financial transaction involving Petro.

On the other hand, Russia is looking more cautious when it comes to expanding its crypto oil project. Yusufov said that they would first launch the crypto oil project in the CIS countries. The move would minimize US interference in their plan. At the same time, it would allow the government to set up a framework first between energy producers and consumers in CIS.

“In this regard, one should not forget about the current Intergovernmental Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the gas sector until 2028 and the relevant contract for the purchase of Turkmen gas by Gazprom,” explained Yusufov. “Therefore, in the case of the project, such a center can become the first global center of cryptocurrency with real security.”

How do you think the Intergovernmental disputes between the US and other nations would play out?  Tell us in the comment box below.

Source link https://ift.tt/2SoC8p4

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Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia to Regulate Crypto While Launching its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Russia’s State Duma is planning to pass a resolution on a pending cryptocurrency regulation bill, reported a local source.

Oleg Nikolayev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, said that the Russian assembly house had led cryptocurrency regulations to its final stages. In contrast to the Russian Central Bank’s conservative stance on bitcoin and other virtual currencies, Olga said that the house was working on a business-friendly framework for these assets’ integration.

IMF has given green light to eight nations, to launch a national cryptocurrency and those nations are Russia, Venezuela, Canada and some larger countries, some smaller are on the list as well, he thinks we will see one or two G20 nations emerge as crypto friendly @philosophyofmet pic.twitter.com/sl5yafumxl

— ༜༝🅂🅃🅄🄰🅁🅃🅇🅁🄿

(@stuart_xrp) January 16, 2019

The House is likely to pass the crypto regulation law by March, which could further pave the way for the government to launch its central bank digital currency.

Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Announced

With Russia hinting to become a crypto-friendly state, the country is also putting its first big blockchain bet on an oil-backed cryptocurrency.

According to former energy minister Igor Yusufov, Russia is in the final stages of issuing a cryptocurrency-version of the petrodollar.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, chairs a meeting of a regulatory base for cryptocurrencies in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia| Source: Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The Fund Energy founder told Rambler that they were looking to bypass the trade and other financial restrictions. He also claimed that other oil-producing countries were also aiming to increase their oil and gas exports without relying on a US Dollar-pegged petrodollar. Excerpts from his statement:

“OPEC + member countries control more than 2/3 of the world’s oil reserves. Such a union in their own interests will be not only logical but also economically justified.”

Launch in CIS Countries

Oil producing countries like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, are currently facing economic sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s tenure as the US president. Venezuela, for instance, attempted to circumvent the sanctions and announced their oil-backed cryptocurrency called Petro. Nevertheless, President Trump signed an executive order banning any US Dollar-based financial transaction involving Petro.

On the other hand, Russia is looking more cautious when it comes to expanding its crypto oil project. Yusufov said that they would first launch the crypto oil project in the CIS countries. The move would minimize US interference in their plan. At the same time, it would allow the government to set up a framework first between energy producers and consumers in CIS.

“In this regard, one should not forget about the current Intergovernmental Agreement between the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the gas sector until 2028 and the relevant contract for the purchase of Turkmen gas by Gazprom,” explained Yusufov. “Therefore, in the case of the project, such a center can become the first global center of cryptocurrency with real security.”

How do you think the Intergovernmental disputes between the US and other nations would play out?  Tell us in the comment box below.

Source link https://ift.tt/2SoC8p4