this news doesn’t say that Russia bans Bitcoin, they only prohibit Exchanges because Bitcoin is assumed has very high risk to be used as a tool of investment. this is to protect their citizens who use Bitcoin because of its volatility.
Same reason china gave when they banned exchanges. Its not a total ban but probably on its way to regulation. If you think about it, they have a point though banning won't be able to do anything about it
Right it just a regulation, As you cannot ban porn the same implies to Bitcoin and other digital assets. The more you put regulations on it the more precious it will become for people, Did not we Just reached 5.8k USD after china put a lots of regulation.