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Topic: [2016-05-03] It appears that Bitstamp is blocking user access from Russia again (Read 287 times)

legendary
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I don't understand why they are doing it, since the enforcment of ban is put on ISP's in Russia.
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This will be the second time this year that the bitcoin exchange Bitstamp is blocking user access from Russia. It first happened in January 2016, when Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access for several bitcoin related websites. Bitstamp began blocking Russian users citing the Russian government is prohibiting access to Bitstamp’s website for all of their Russian customers.

Read more: http://bitcoinx.io/news/articles/it-appears-that-bitstamp-is-blocking-user-access-from-russia-again/
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