Russia has a positive response to crypto, especially to bitcoin and ethereum, I would not be surprised if they first legalized bitcoin compared to America because all the emerging projects are from russia and ukraine. If they prohibit the use of bitcoin and legal for some people it is a mistake, I think it is just a mere trick of the mainstream media.
The media keeps flipping back and forth; I really don't know what to think. Last week, the Finance Minister was saying that there is no point in banning payments in cryptocurrency. But now his deputy is saying precisely the opposite?
The Ethereum Foundation also recently made some sort of development agreement with a Russian state-owned bank last month. It's almost as if they were trying to cause a dip in the price. Very Jamie Dimon-like of them....