I was confuse about this I've just read an article about Putin/Russian government supporting bitcoin, Putin even issued presidential order designed to shape Russia's use of digital currencies and tokens. Putin along with Russia's finance minister and central bank leader is establishing guidelines for the nation's future relationship with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to fit the country's financial framework.
Just sharing what I've read.
You should see it as a FUD my brother and I am not surprised since that is what whales are now making use of via media to create unnecessary panic. On the other hand, it did not work anyway and they are looking for other means now which they can keep generating their FUDs.
Putin is not against crypto but his statement balls down on just for people to be careful. I really hope this news site can be filtering their news cause it sucks.