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On 19 September 2025 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the EU's 19th sanctions package against Russia. The package targets energy, financial, and trade measures.

Syed Rahman of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers the scale of the problem.

On July 31, 2020, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin signed the Law on Digital Financial Assets and Digital Currency. It comes into force in January 2021.

We recently published a blog identifying issues which cryptocurrency pose in insolvencies; not least identifying and classifying it, how to take control

Improving electronic interactivity has been a high priority for the Russian Patent and Trademark Office (Rospatent) in recent years, especially since the launch of the Digital Economy Programme in...

From Russian rapper Basta launching his own cryptocurrency in December 2017 to top businesses exploring initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other alternative funding models...

As has been widely noted, online trade grew significantly in 2020. Confined to their homes, consumers relied on the internet for buying food, household products, medical supplies, ...

A friend's 16 year old son and his schoolmates are using pocket money to buy Bitcoin mining hardware.

According to the research firm Block, the trading volume of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exceeded $13B in 2021. This is 400 times that for 2020 ($33M).

On 23 October 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted its 19th sanctions package, comprising 69 new listings and multiple economic restrictions in response to Russia's escalating aggression against Ukraine.

The European Union has adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, introducing 120 new listings and expanded economic restrictions targeting energy, finance, trade, and global support networks.

Among the relatively new and quite complex financial instruments for the Russian market, in the context of a rapidly developing digital economy, it is necessary to distinguish cryptocurrencies...

Financial technology ("FinTech") industry is booming all around the world, while regulators are trying to cope with emerging technologies without hampering innovation at the same time.

On April 8, 2022, the EU imposed further restrictive measures on Russia "in light of Russia's continuing war of aggression against Ukraine, and the reported atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine."