{"id":56727,"date":"2022-01-28T09:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T07:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=56727"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:55:58","slug":"kremlin-denies-reports-that-putin-backs-legalisation-of-mining-in-several-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kremlin-denies-reports-that-putin-backs-legalisation-of-mining-in-several-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin denies reports that Putin backs legalisation of mining in several regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin&#8217;s press secretary, denied media reports about Vladimir Putin&#8217;s alleged support for proposals to allow mining in regions with an excess of electricity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20220127\/mayning-1769864190.html\">RIA Novosti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNo. Such proposals have not even been formulated yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the situation, wrote that Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/putin-backs-legalisation-and-taxation-of-mining-in-russia-instead-of-a-ban\">advocated for the legalisation<\/a> of cryptocurrency mining in Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Karelia.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with the government, the Russian president <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/putin-urges-government-and-central-bank-to-align-on-cryptocurrency-regulation\">stated<\/a> that Russia has competitive advantages in mining \u2014 a surplus of electricity and a well-trained workforce, and he urged the cabinet and the Central Bank to come to a unified view on cryptocurrency regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Previously the central bank proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bank-of-russia-proposes-ban-on-issuance-circulation-and-mining-of-cryptocurrencies-in-russia\">to ban the circulation of crypto assets and their mining<\/a> on the territory of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press secretary to the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, denied media reports of Vladimir Putin&#8217;s alleged support for proposals to allow mining in regions with an electricity surplus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1451,1137,1632],"class_list":["post-56727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-regulation-in-russia","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-vladimir-putin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56729,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56727\/revisions\/56729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}