Ordinary Russians will be banned from using cryptocurrencies, according to Anton Tkachev The internal circulation of cryptocurrency will soon be “completely banned” in Russia, deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Anton Tkachev said in an interview with Parlamentskaya Gazeta news outlet on Monday.

Aleksey Kuzmichev is reportedly being held in custody over alleged tax evasion and money laundering Russian businessman Aleksey Kuzmichev has been detained for questioning in France over alleged tax evasion and money laundering, as well as international sanctions violations, according to local media reports citing the French Financial Prosecutors’ office.

An anonymous threat reportedly concerned 20 education facilities around the French capital Several Jewish schools around Paris have been evacuated following a bomb threat, triggering “panic” among parents, according to sources cited by the Jerusalem Post.