The Russian Finance Ministry has long taken a determined hardline stance against bitcoin and other digital currencies, deemed by the regulator as ‘surrogates’ of the ruble.
The Deputy Minister of Finance in Russia hopes that the draft law calling for the criminalization of bitcoin will be passed to the State Duma – the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament – before the end of the current session in August.
A recent report by Russian publication RIA Novosti, has revealed that the Russian Deputy Finance Minister, Alexei Moiseev, hopes that a law is crafted to introduce criminal liabilities to those who exchange bitcoins for rubles and vice versa.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/russias-bitcoin-ban-proposal-likely-enter-duma-august/
Topic: [2016-03-29] Russia's Bitcoin Ban Proposal Likely to Enter Duma before August (Read 220 times)
March 28, 2016, 10:32:34 PM
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