Vladimir Putin says the blockchain-race is on

[BrewMaster]

this is the usual thing about the difference between blockchain technology and bitcoin. and while they are different, you can say bitcoin is the beginning of all this. and you can't adopt the technology without adopting bitcoin.
i believe what Putin means is more about adopting the technology itself and even possibly creating their own coin out of it.
but eventually they all turn to adopt bitcoin at some point. you can't fight the decentralization.