The Central Bank of Russia has proposed classifying cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as digital goods for tax purposes, according to local publications. The draft proposal is due in one month.
According to Skorobogatova, the proposal was supported by all ministries, and the central bank is planning to deliver the first draft of the regulations in a month. This proposal follows her promise in February for the central bank to decide whether digital currencies are considered assets, cash or securities by mid-2017.

https://news.bitcoin.com/russia-central-bank-proposal-bitcoins-digital-goods/

What's good? The government will tax bitcoins. This will result in many users simply refusing to use bitcoin.
And this is absolutely not what is now needed bitcoin

The Russian economy is not in very good condition. Russia does not belong to countries where innovations are introduced into the sphere of finance. That is why the government will not accept the Cryptocurrency. It's too early to talk about it

Russia still can't make up their mind. One day they gonna say they are going to legalize it the next day government will issue another statement. Let just wait till 2018 when they say that they are going to "regulate" bitcoin. Until the decision is final, I would agree with richardsNY, take everything with a huge bag of salt.