Russian Miner Sentenced For Funding Ukrainian Group With Cryptocurrency

According to Odaily, a Russian diamond mining company employee has been sentenced to prison for providing financial support to a Ukrainian terrorist organization through cryptocurrency transactions. The individual, a resident of the Mirninsky District in the Sakha Republic of Russia's Far East, was apprehended by the Sakha Republic branch of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The FSB reported that the man repeatedly transferred funds to Ukrainian militants using cryptocurrency, which were allegedly used for reconnaissance and subversive activities against the security of the Russian Federation.