A new draft bill proposed criminal liabilities for unregistered cryptocurrency miners in the country, including years of ...

Russia is not going to expand the geography of measures intended to curb cryptocurrency mining in the new year, having ...

Sberbank has issued Russia’s first loan backed by crypto, extending financing to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest ...

The Russian justice ministry has prepared harsh new penalties for miners minting cryptocurrencies outside the law. The ...

Russian central bank chief ties ruble's growing strength to Bitcoin mining. Source: Photo by Nikita Shvetsov/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Key Takeaways Russia’s central bank governor says Bitcoin ...

The Russian government has approved a decree banning cryptocurrency mining in 10 regions from January 1, 2025, until March 15, 2031, according to a report by TASS. The decision aims to address energy ...

Russia is planning criminal penalties, including forced labor, to curb widespread unregistered bitcoin mining after legalization.

Russia’s crypto mining laws have filled the “regulatory vacuum,” but there is still a lot of legal uncertainty about many aspects of regulation. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a set of ...

Among the people added to the list is Alexei Kudrin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and corporate development advisor for the Russian tech giant Yandex. Factories, high-technology ...

Russia, the world’s second-largest home for crypto mining, is mulling restrictions on crypto mining in key areas of the country to minimize recent blackouts caused by miners’ high energy use, ...

A report published on February 21 indicated that Russia's Bitcoin mining sector expanded by 7% in 2024, with mining farms reaching a total of 136,600 units. Despite this expansion, the sector ...