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Proof: Russia Has a Budget Problem. Borrowing Its Way Out Won't Be So Simple.

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T15:32:38Z","headline":"Russia Has a Budget Problem. Borrowing Its Way Out Won't Be So Simple.","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"moscowtimes","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/28/russia-has-a-budget-problem-borrowing-its-way-out-wont-be-so-simple-a93804","v":1}

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SHA-256

76cf25c385a8b4693b835448bb4da90139861ceba28cef703c4b892c055c0fa4

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969020, mined 2026-09-28 15:47 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 15:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 15:53 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-76cf25c385a8.json prints 76cf25c385a8b4693b835448bb4da90139861ceba28cef703c4b892c055c0fa4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-76cf25c385a8.json and headline-76cf25c385a8.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-76cf25c385a8.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.