ROSKOMNADZOR will block a number of websites and financial cryptocurrency exchanges
Restricting access is promised due to the collection of personal data of users and placing the prohibited content. This was reported by sources close to the Federal Service for Communications Supervision Information Technology and Mass Communications.
A number of cryptocurrency, financial exchanges and forums sites were analyzed and decided that some of them will be blocked in Russian Federation territory. Among the first sites are:
https://bitcointalk.org ,
https://golos.io , Yobit.net , mirror Yobit.io/ru , as well as mmgp.ru , the last mirror - mmgp.io already locked. Crypto currency market BTC-E is also entered in the register of banned sites, by two locations:
http://btc-e.com and
https://btc-e.com . According to experts, this will happen due to the fact that the sites are collecting personal data of users and placing prohibited content. The main reason for the attention of the Roskomnadzor to these resources is "illegal financial transactions and financial fraud."
Earlier, the Russian telecommunications and Internet Administration of ROSKOMNADZOR blocked P2P local Bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins.
Domain blacklisted, and now it is not available to Russian Internet providers. The same fate befell to crypto currency exchange EXMO.
Financial experts say that in recent years the political climate in Russia with regard to cryptocurrency is changed for the better. But blocking of cryptocurrency sites by the decisions of the court continues. Since September 3, under ROSKOMNADZOR blockage fell cryptocurrency information resource bitcoininfo.ru . Therefore, according to analysts, despite the lack of obvious reasons for blocking access to cryptocurrency sites such precedents can still happen.
In Russia cryptocurrency have the status of a foreign currency and, according to official statements, the main problem is the lack of control. At the moment several exchanges of Bitcoin, including BTC-e and Bitstamp, also have problems on entry to the Russian markets. This is due to the position of Russia regarding the anonymous Bitcoin design, which can be used for criminal activities.