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Mindigit of the Russian Federation has begun examining how VPNs are used in Russia. The corresponding questionnaire has already been sent to industry organizations with a request to fill it out as soon as possible, Russian media report. Experts suggest that Mindigit might collect information on this topic to prepare
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Valve, the owner of the Steam digital store, has updated the recommended regional prices in Steam for all countries for the first time in a long time. According to SteamDB, regional prices in Russia increased by 75% on average. Valve reminded that the final cost of the product is determined
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During the period from January to August, sales of Dell laptops in Russia decreased by 90%, sales of HP laptops decreased by three times, and sales of Apple laptops decreased by four times. This is reported by Russian media Vedomosti. At the same time, sales of Chinese brands Huawei and
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Ledger, the largest manufacturer of cold crypto wallets, announced that they would no longer supply their products to Russia. The Crypto.com exchange also announced its withdrawal from Russia, and Canadian NFT-marketplace Dapper froze the accounts of Russians. Earlier, the European Union imposed a ban on European companies to provide
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Two of the largest Indian refineries have halted spot purchases of Russian oil after the European Union approved new sanctions in early October for Russia’s annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine. The two refineries are Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). India is the world’
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The Chinese company Huawei has completely stopped the direct supplies of smartphones to Russia and may finally withdraw from the Russian market, the Russian publication Izvestia reported. Huawei also does not import tablets, notebooks, TVs and other equipment into Russia, said a source close to one of the mobile operators.
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It became known that Playrix, the game development company of Russian origin, decided to leave the Russian and Belarusian markets, most probably as a response to Putin’s mobilization announcement. In particular, Playrix will close all offices in Russia and Belarus and relocate Russian and Belarusian employees to other countries.
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Dapper Labs, a Vancouver-based blockchain company, decided to freeze the funds of Russian citizens. Officially, Russian citizens cannot sell, transfer, or buy new NFTs. The reason for this is the eighth package of sanctions against Russia from the European Union. Henceforth, all cryptocurrency wallets, accounts and the provision of custodial
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The Czech government has decided to tighten visa restrictions for Russian citizens, so from October 25, the Czech Republic closes its borders for Russian tourists with Schengen visas. The ban concerns all tourist visas, regardless of the EU member state that issued them. This decision marks the Czech Republic joining
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The Walt Disney Company has closed its Russian websites and pages on social media in another step to exit the Russian market. All videos (except for broadcasts) on the YouTube channels of the Russian divisions of Disney were also removed. Videos from the Russian YouTube channels of StarWars and Disney
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka CBSL said that the Russian payment system Mir will not work in the country due to US sanctions. This was reported by the bank itself. > Due to the US sanctions on the MIR payment system, as confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Cryptocurrency platform Blockchain.com has stopped working with Russian users. The exchange, which provides access to storing cryptocurrencies in wallets, monitoring blockchain transactions, exchanging and buying digital assets for fiat money, will no longer offer its services to Russian citizens. The news was announced in a mailing to all Russian