In recent times, the Russian governments go against the proposition made by it Central Bank to place a ban on Bitcoin mining while the financial institution calls for regulation rather than placing ban restriction on it, also you could recall that Russia is ranked third in line of the world bitcoin mining as United States come first and Kazakhstan the second
according to the University of Cambridge’s Center of Alternative Finance.Russians government understand that halting any mining activities of cryptocurrency could place a hold on it technological advancement in the country while before the introduction of cryptocurrency, theft and other social vises have been in existence and that is not a yardstic to place a ban on crypto and president Vladimir Putin want the discrepancy between it Central bank andfinance ministry to be in concession toward Bitcoin mining.
From this stance, i strongly believe that the president himself is in support of mining crypto with the mindset to boost the economy and technological development of his country, else the dispute between his parastatals be settled.
From the other side of the story in Africa, Zimbabwe Signs Agreement Enabling the Collection of Taxes From Crypto and E-Commerce Entities
With this recent developments in Zimbabwe i think it a step closer to adopting and legalizing cryptocurrency in the country, but one thing keeps a bone of contention in this regards which makes governments not to "give in" (Support) a massive adoption of cryptocurrency although to me its a new development with a step up since crypto firms were identified and paying of tax is what government can enforce as to regulation, In such regards Zimbabwe now uses a third party tax receiving agent (Daedalus World Limited).
Going by this i want to believe that tax payment goes along way to regulating restrictions and ban challenges by many countries, just as Russia sees mining crypto is a cognitive advantage to technological development of it country and Zimbabwe accepting tax payment in crypto by digital currency firms.