Russia is gearing up for criminalizing bitcoin use in the country. The country’s anti-bitcoin stance has been once again stated by Russian Presidential Advisor on the Internet, German Klimenko.
Speaking to a Russian News Service, Klimenko calls the reports about bitcoin being legalized in other countries “a fiction”.
The statement was made as part of the response to a question on parliamentarian Dmitry Marinichev who said that banning cryptocurrencies could be the worst thing that could be done.
Klimenko not only expressed his disagreement with Marinichev, but went on to say that all the reports from across the world about bitcoin being officially accepted as a mean of payment are not true, Coinfox reported. He also criticized bitcoin users and developers saying:
http://www.econotimes.com/Russian-Presidential-Advisor-Lashes-Out-At-Bitcoin-Developers-186946
