Russian government made statements about prohibiting Bitcoin earlier.
unless you have any
reliable source other than shitty news sites such as cointelegraph, cryptocoinnews,... that proves that "Russian
government" made this statement, i would say it is complete nonsense like always.
Now they try to find a way to control it. What are their chances to succeed in that?
they and any other government can never control bitcoin. the governments and banks can and have been attacking bitcoin, trying to infiltrate it and push it out of its way but has not been successful so far and hopefully the community stays alert and cuts their hands in the future also.