Putin Critic & Russian Prez Candidate Alexei Navalny Accepts Bitcoin Donations

Putin Critic & Russian Prez Candidate Alexei Navalny Accepts Bitcoin Donations

Russian politician/anti-corruption lawyer Alexei Navalny is accepting donations in bitcoin in his newly-announced bid for the 2018 presidential election, according to the candidate’s website. The campaign also accepts Yandex.money, bank cards and PayPal. First revealed by regional publication Coinfox, Navalny’s open acceptance of bitcoin marks another sign of the cryptocurrency’s rising acceptance in Russia, a nation whose government has sent mixed signals about bitcoin’s legal status. On Tuesday, Leonid Volkov, head of Navalny’s electoral campaign tweeted that in the first 3.5 hours of....


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