Bitcoin Regulation in Russia | ForkLog

ForkLog 13 15.11.2021

Russia’s Accounts Chamber says cryptocurrencies are limited as a means of payment

Cryptocurrency investors should assess the high risks of their investments, since the value of digital assets depends solely on the optimism of market participants.

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ForkLog 13 29.10.2021

Russia’s FSB seeks power to obtain information from cryptocurrency exchanges

Russia's FSB has released a draft order expanding the powers of agency personnel, allowing them to request information from information-system operators issuing digital financial assets (DFA).

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ForkLog 15 29.10.2021

Tinkoff Investments to study clients’ access to cryptocurrencies

The Tinkoff Investments broker is potentially exploring crypto-asset projects, but it is too early to discuss concrete ideas.

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ForkLog 9 22.10.2021

RAKIB: Russia has done nothing to regulate cryptocurrencies in four years

RAKIB president Yuri Pripachkin criticised Russia's regulators for failing to bring the cryptocurrency market out of the shadows.

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ForkLog 11 19.10.2021

Aksakov proposes codifying miners’ tax treatment in law

The taxation framework for individuals and legal entities engaged in cryptocurrency mining should be explicitly laid out in legislation, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market.

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ForkLog 6 14.10.2021

Bank of Russia says Russians’ bitcoin investments pose a potentially significant problem

The Bank of Russia regards residents' investments in cryptocurrencies as a potentially significant problem. This was stated by Elizaveta Danilova, head of the Financial Stability Department at the Bank of Russia in an interview with Reuters.

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ForkLog 5 13.10.2021

Russia denies plans to ban Bitcoin purchases on foreign exchanges

The Russian authorities do not plan to ban citizens from buying cryptocurrencies on foreign exchanges. This was stated by Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev.

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ForkLog 11 07.10.2021

Russia could curb non-qualified investors’ exposure to crypto assets

Lawmakers in the State Duma will consider restricting investments in crypto assets by non-qualified investors. The head of the Financial Market Committee, Anatoly Aksakov, said this.

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ForkLog 11 16.09.2021

Bank of Russia opposes access by non-qualified investors to Bitcoin

The Bank of Russia is skeptical about treating cryptocurrency purchases as investments and will not facilitate greater access to them for non-qualified investors, said the first deputy chairman of the central bank, Sergei Shvetsov.

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ForkLog 10 08.09.2021

Russian judges cautioned against using Bitcoin

The Ethics Commission of the Russian Judicial Council clarified the rights to own, use and dispose of digital financial assets (DFA) and digital currency.

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ForkLog 7 07.09.2021

Peskov: Russia is unequivocally not ready to recognise Bitcoin as a means of payment

Recognising Bitcoin as a means of payment in Russia would only harm the financial system, said Dmitry Peskov, the president's press secretary.

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ForkLog 9 01.09.2021

Duma may consider cryptocurrency taxation in autumn session

The State Duma may consider a bill on taxing cryptocurrencies in the autumn session, according to Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma committee on state-building and legislation.

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