Isn't BTC-E a Russian exchange?

[henryreardon]

Isn't BTC-E a Russian exchange?  If so isn't it in danger of being locked up by the government?

(I have some fiat and coins on there and I'm trying to figure out if I need to yank them)

[BitcoinAshley]

There was a thread on the topic. The 2 owners reside in Russia but are not Russian citizens, the servers are hosted in Bulgaria, and the company is incorporated in Cyprus.

Do you have a headache yet? :-P

Basically, Russia could not single-handedly shut them down. Bulgaria could, and Cyprus could, but not Russia, at least not without some political strings being pulled.

EDIT any chance I can order some railroad ties? ;-)

[Sonny]

There was a thread on the topic. The 2 owners reside in Russia but are not Russian citizens, the servers are hosted in Bulgaria, and the company is incorporated in Cyprus.

Could you share the link to that thread?
Thanks.

[fsb4000]

There was a thread on the topic. The 2 owners reside in Russia but are not Russian citizens, the servers are hosted in Bulgaria, and the company is incorporated in Cyprus.

they are Russian citizens...

There was a thread on the topic. The 2 owners reside in Russia but are not Russian citizens, the servers are hosted in Bulgaria, and the company is incorporated in Cyprus.

Could you share the link to that thread?
Thanks.

http://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-recent-issues-caused-surge-users/