That is true. But things could change now that China is starting to embrace crypto/Blockchain tech through Hong Kong. It's likely Russia will follow its "partner's footsteps" by doing the same after it recovers from the Ukraine war. This is a process that could take years to accomplish, considering that the Russian economy had a severe downfall due to sanctions and the war itself. Even if Russia doesn't approve the use of crypto, people can still get access to it as long as it remains decentralized and censorship-resistant. The only downside is that it will be almost impossible to buy/sell crypto using Russian Rubles alone.
These are uncertain times we're living into, so expect the unexpected. Who knows what would be of Bitcoin within the country in a decade from now? Just my thoughts
The situation with cryptocurrency can quickly change in Hong Kong, even China, but not in Russia. Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and the destruction and atrocities inflicted by the Russians in Ukraine will set Russia back in development not even years, but decades.
The Russian economy is now slowly and confidently entering a steep peak and it will simply not be possible to get out of it in the coming years. The situation could be changed relatively quickly if the occupying Russian troops were withdrawn from Ukraine and reparations started to be paid to Ukraine for the material and moral damage caused. Only then could one hope for a phased lifting of sanctions. But this is hardly to be expected. Putin will not accept such a decision. For him, leaving Ukraine is tantamount to death, since in this case his own people will kill him. He has no other choice than to continue the war, clinging to his life and continuing to push Russia into the abyss.
On the other hand, there has been no opposition in Russia for a long time, it has long been destroyed by Putin and there is no real candidate to replace him. If Putin is removed, then there will most likely begin an armed struggle for power, this is facilitated by the presence now of many private armies that are supposedly being formed for a war with Ukraine, but in fact to protect individual politicians and businessmen in the coming troubled times. Therefore, the chaos in Russia will last for a very long time and a sharp shift in this direction will occur after the successful expected counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.