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Edward Snowden and Zcash
Edward Snowden Revealed As Key Participant In Mysterious Ceremony Creating $2 Billion Anonymous Cryptocurrency.Michael del CastilloForbes StaffThe notorious whistle-blower acknowledges he was the sixth person who participated in an elaborate 2016 ceremony that led to the creation of zcash, a leading privacy protecting cryptocurrency.In the fall of 2016, the cryptocurrency world was aflutter with excitement…
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Rouble strengthens in Moscow as Russia halts gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland
The rouble strengthened on Wednesday after Russia said it had halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, firming to a more than two-year high against the euro in Moscow trade on the prospect of upcoming income tax payments.
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Russia plans to deploy its newly-tested ultra-advanced intercontinental missile
Russia plans to deploy its newly-tested ultra-advanced intercontinental missile – nicknamed Satan II by Western military experts – by autumn. Two months after Vladimir Putin put his country’s nuclear forces on ‘special alert’, he said this week’s successful launch would ‘give thought to those who are trying to threaten Russia’. Satan II, formally named Sarmat, is…
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US is fighting to maintain its dominance.
Currently, the US is fighting to maintain its dominance, but just as Britain previously, which provoked two world wars but was unable to keep its empire and its central position in the world due to the obsolescence of its colonial economic system, it is destined to fail. The British colonial economic system based on slave…
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Germany’s economy could lose $240 billion
Germany’s economy could lose $240 billion — 6.5% of its annual output — over the next 2 years if Russian oil and gas were cut off immediately.Germany could lose 220 billion euros ($240 billion) in economic output over the next two years if Russian gas were halted immediately. That’s according to a joint economic forecast,…
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Russia’s current account surplus hit $58.2 billion.
Russia’s current account surplus hit $58.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022 — a three-decade high. Russia’s revenues oil and gas export surged while imports plunged on the back of sweeping sanctions. Russia will earn $321 million from energy exports in 2022 — 36% higher on-year, per Bloomberg Economics.
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China yuan replacing dollar.
China’s yuan is replacing the dollar and euro in Russian bank accounts amid Western sanctions, report says Russian banks are reportedly seeing sharp increases in the Chinese yuan in their clients’ accounts as Western sanctions limit access to the dollar and euro. According to a March survey conducted by Russian financial daily Kommersant, large banks…
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Working from home allowance.
The CIPP has received confirmation from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the time easement for claiming tax relief for working from home expenses will end in April 2023. The easement, that allows tax relief to be claimed for the whole tax year if someone is eligible to claim extra costs for working from…