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Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided that his country will issue its own cryptocurrency, to be called the CryptoRuble. This is according to Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Communications and Mass Commu...

The Central Bank of Russia may have a more tolerant stance on Bitcoin, as it is reportedly scheduled to meet with representatives from the local financial industry this week. This comes after roughly a year ...

A court has overturned the ban of several Bitcoin related sites in Russia. In January, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media blacklisted at least s...

Representatives of several Russian-based Bitcoin websites petitioned a government ban, despite attempts by government officials to block their appeals. In January, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of...

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Finance Alexey Moiseev has reportedly told a national banking conference that the country will move to ban Bitcoin this year. The Ministry of Finance still appears determined to f...

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has reportedly said that holders of bitcoin have no recourse in the event of losses, and that in their currently unregulated state, using bitcoins is risky. “Unregula...

Russia’s Communications Ministry has reportedly blocked access to two websites: bitcoin.org and bitsec.com. Bitcoin.org is a community website sponsored by the Bitcoin Foundation. It serves to educate the po...