MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Releasing or trading in the cybercurrency bitcoins may become a crime in Russia, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, said Thursday.
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“Criminal responsibility for the release of or trading in monetary surrogates, which are not considered under the law as a method of payment, has been directed to the interested bodies in cooperation with the Investigative Committee,” Bastrykin said.
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