Loool ... they have been saying they will criminalize bitcoin, now this? But ok, if China legalizes it, I guess most countries will follow.
to my knowledge, they have never prohibited bitcoin usage that hard. it has always been our news network that translates the Russian bitcoin related news in a bad way and try to make it look worse than what it actually is.
that is why most of the time I don't believe what I read on these websites anymore. they are mostly trying to increase their website traffic and earn money through their advertising network. they don't care about bitcoin at all.