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Coinbase and Binance won't shut down cryptocurrency exchanges for Russia unless forced to comply with US sanctions or laws.

Open for Business

"Some ordinary Russians are using crypto as a lifeline now."

Major Crypto Exchanges Say They Won't Shut Down Russian Transactions Unless They're Forced

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has had enough of sanctions. He's cutting the US off from Russian-made rocket engines.

Flying on Broomsticks

"Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don't know what."

Russia Mocked for Cutting US Off From Its Outdated Rocket Engines

Russia's internet regulator Roskomnazor has announced it is officially blocking Facebook outright in retaliation of the company blocking state media.

Discrimination, Huh

"Soon millions of ordinary Russians will find themselves cut off from reliable information."

Russia Is Officially Blocking All Access to Facebook

One UK father is getting backlash online for tricking his family into thinking Russia launched a nuclear bomb attack with a prank BBC news segment.

Dad Jokes

That's seriously messed up.

Dad Criticized for "Pranking" Family Into Thinking They Were Going to Die in Nuclear War

A NASA flight controller and safety engineer aboard the ISS said that geopolitical tensions haven't affected his relationship with his Russian coworkers.

Friendly Coworkers

"We have the same goal… to ensure the crew and vehicle are safe."

NASA ISS Engineer Says Relationships With Russian Counterparts Still Cordial

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has cut itself off from the international space community, with its head Dmitry Rogozin making a series of increasingly bizarre public communications — and the consequences may now be starting to show.

Not a Good Look

He's reaping what he sowed.

Bumbling Russian Space Boss Forced to Slash Huge Raise He Gave Himself

As if invading a sovereign nation wasn't provocation enough, Russian troops opened fire at Europe's largest nuclear power station early Friday morning.

Escalation and Provocation

"It just raises the level of potential catastrophe to a level that nobody wants to see."

Authorities Furious That Russia Attacked Nuclear Plant

Russians are still able to use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent newly imposed sanctions — and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is absolutely furious.

Regulating Crypto

"I would hope somebody at the Treasury Department is trying to figure out how to rein in the leaky valves in the crypto market."

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, many experts are beginning to sound the alarm on the risk fighting poses on the country’s nuclear power plants.

Meltdown

"Nuclear power plants are just not designed to be in a war zone."

Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plants at "Unprecedented" Risk Due to Russian Invasion

Space experts say that if Moscow decides to pull out from the ISS, it would leave NASA and other agencies with little option but to destroy the station.

RIP ISS

"The ISS was never intended to be broken apart."

NASA Insiders Say If Russia Pulls Out of ISS, It May Need to Be Destroyed

Jack Sweeney has created new Twitter accounts that track the movements of Russian oligarchs – including Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

Billion Air

"The aircrafts these oligarchs have are absolutely crazy."

Teen Who Tracked Elon Musk's Jet Now Tracking Russian Oligarchs

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's outspoken head of its space agency, denied recent reports that hackers had seized control of the nation's spy satellites.

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