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TASS

Russia's main state-owned news agency, based in Moscow, which distributes official statements, government interviews and wire reports in Russia and abroad.

Known aliases

  • Russian state news agency TASS
  • TASS

Current stories

securityOne report1 publisher

Drone strikes on three Yandex data centers disrupted access to its financial services

Drone strikes damaged three Yandex data centers between Oct. 8 and Oct. 11, the Kyiv Independent reported. Yandex's fintech head said many users could not check balances or pay. Site protection now belongs in the cyber-risk register.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives55
Confidence50
investConfirmed4 publishers

A five-year price history rule now decides what Sber can lend against

Sber says it will take USDT and Ether as loan collateral once the Bank of Russia permits public trading, which means the menu is set by the listing tests the central bank published on 11 August, not by the bank's appetite.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 9%
Operator
Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 46%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption18
Hype gap+25
Incentives50
Confidence64
investOne report1 publisher

Russia's finance ministry puts 20 million crypto owners at about $2,200 apiece

Ivan Chebeskov's 3.7 trillion ruble estimate covers coins and products linked to them, and the same ministry says at least 10 million wallets belonging to Russian citizens sit on foreign exchanges it wants back.

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption30
Hype gap+30
Incentives72
Confidence46
investOne report1 publisher

Sberbank quotes 0.3% to move Russian trade payments onto crypto rails

Sber has put a price on moving Russian trade payments out of the fiat system, and the price is the only quantity it published; the app that would make it self-service is not due until the end of 2026.

Reality

Evidence28
Adoption22
Hype gap+44
Incentives78
Confidence42
investOne report1 publisher

Binance handed Russia's FSB the donor trail in a $6,500 terrorism case

A data-sharing arrangement struck with Rosfinmonitoring in 2021 turned exchange records into evidence. The sum at issue was roughly $6,500.

Reality

Evidence26
Adoption18
Hype gap+34
Incentives66
Confidence28