This could be why BFL won't ship to Russia and ASICMiner will win this market.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-03/u-s-charges-11-in-alleged-russian-military-procurement-scheme.htmlDo your products fall under US encryption export control classification?
Yes, the BitForce SHA256 processor is properly classified under the US Bureau of Industry and Security export control. Our export control restriction prohibits the export of our products to AT designated countries as specified by the US Department of Commerce. If you need clarification on your ability to purchase our products, please contact us for review.
Before trying to ship FPGA to Russia, I've done some research, I got all the codes, and read the law about importing cryptographic devices. Its perfectly safe to import ASICs to Russia, as the algorithm is open source and unchangeable, and its not for encryption, but decryption (otherwise you could have some issues, I'd say a lot
). It all comes down to taxes, in Russia you have to pay 30% for anything imported above 1k euro (including shipping costs) in a calendar month. So, you could get away without paying a thing at customs when buying a small single sc for $650 and maybe even a single sc for $1.3k