Monday, 17 August, 2026
Crypto Paper Trail: Binance Shared User Data with Moscow to Fuel Ukraine Donation Charges
By TechShots Studio
Despite claiming a total exit from Russia in 2023, Binance handed over user transaction data to Russian authorities. Law enforcement documents reveal the exchange's data was used as key evidence to bring terrorism financing charges against Yuri Belenkiy, a Russian IT specialist who donated over $700 in cryptocurrency to Ukrainian military fundraising campaigns.