Russia Has Blocked Several Bitcoin Sites in Preperation for Russian Bitcoin Ban
The Russian Bitcoin Ban is still incoming, so it seems. Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has finally acted on a court order from 2014. Russia is currently blocking access to several (seven at last count) Bitcoin-related sites. These websites have been blocked because Bitcoin contributes to the growth of the shadow economy." Some feel that this is just a warm-up for the upcoming Russian Bitcoin ban. Last year, Russia's Ministry of Finance revealed a full draft of their proposed Russian Bitcoin Ban legislation. Russia's stated goal has been to ban Bitcoin by 2015, despite some....
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[Update: The number of blocked sites now totals seven. One of these sites is reported to be bitcoinconf.ru] The Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications (Roskomnadzor in Russian) has blacklisted five Bitcoin-related websites. Roskomnadzor has effectively blocked access to Bitcoin.org – an online community of cryptocurrency users and specialists supported by the Bitcoin Foundation - entering it into a registry of prohibited websites despite the site not having any user-submitted content. “Given the remoteness of the [the Ural, Sverdlovsk region] region and....
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A court in Ekaterinburg, Russia has effectively lifted the ban to Bitcoin-related websites blocked in January by authorities. The Sverdlovsk Oblast court has accepted the appeal of the blocked sites and dismissed the demands of the prosecutor’s office to leave the ban in place. The Bitcoin community in Russia feels that it efforts to win the struggle have paid off. The founder of BTCsec.com, Ivan Tikhonov, called the court decision “a victory for the Bitcoin community, our mutual victory.” “As a participant in the process, I am very happy with the court’s decision,” Tikhonov told....
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The decision to block LocalBitcoins was made on July 5th of 2016, albeit it did not go into effect until recently. The story of Bitcoin in Russia has taken yet another exciting turn. While the news is far from positive, there are so many conflicting reports in the country it is generating a lot of interest. While WebMoney will accept Bitcoin payments soon, using LocalBitcoins is now prohibited. One just never knows what will be next for Russian Bitcoin enthusiasts. Similarly to what happened to various Bitcoin news sites in Russia, LocalBitcoins is now inaccessible by Internet users. The....