[2016-02-05][Forklog.net]Putin’s Internet Counselor: Accepting BTC is a Crime

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Putin’s Internet Counselor: Accepting Bitcoin is a Crime

Putin’s Internet Counselor: Accepting Bitcoin is a Crime

German Klimenko, Vladimir Putin’s internet counselor assigned to the position by the Russian president in early 2016, stated in an interview to local news service Lenta.ru that accepting bitcoin is a crime.

“Bitcoin is not the first one, there are other settlement means. Accepting bitcoin as a payment for anything is inacceptable because it is a crime. Just because payments within the Russian Federation are accepted in rubles. Any introduction of an outside currency into the balance is always an independence on whether its counterfeit or not, it’s always a blow on economy. Because no state in the world, while watching it in homepathic doses with pleasure, but when it becomes critical, everyone will certainly ban it,” he told Lenta.ru disconnectedly.


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Non taxed financial transactions could be considered a crime under the law of several countries but bitcoin is so different than traditional payment means that such confusions might exist. Good thing is that there's very little governments can do to stop citizens from using it.