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Proof: Here's How Russia Plans to Pay for the Ukraine War in 2027

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T10:20:21Z","headline":"Here's How Russia Plans to Pay for the Ukraine War in 2027","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"moscowtimes","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/heres-how-russia-plans-to-pay-for-the-ukraine-war-in-2027-a93851","v":1}

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6c736b1685cf51bd5101cf3cf0ad045664194fcbe95907313a33bcfe962fcdc2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969574, mined 2026-10-02 10:40 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6c736b1685cf.json prints 6c736b1685cf51bd5101cf3cf0ad045664194fcbe95907313a33bcfe962fcdc2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-6c736b1685cf.json and headline-6c736b1685cf.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-6c736b1685cf.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.

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