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0 pointsr7218y ago0 comments

"Alexander Vinnik" comes from updated Reuters article (with photo):

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Worth noting that BTC-e owner's name was Alexander and he was supposedly Russian.

Vinnik is an Ukrainian last name. This by itself doesn't mean anything, he could still be Russian, but I wouldn't automatically assume so.

Update: never mind, Russian press says he's Russian, a former employee of Skolkovo techno park.

It's confirmed

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0 pointsr7218y ago0 comments

"Alexander Vinnik" comes from updated Reuters article (with photo):

Worth noting that BTC-e owner's name was Alexander and he was supposedly Russian.

Vinnik is an Ukrainian last name. This by itself doesn't mean anything, he could still be Russian, but I wouldn't automatically assume so.

Update: never mind, Russian press says he's Russian, a former employee of Skolkovo techno park.

It's confirmed

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