Head of russian Sberbank Herman Gref said: "Cryptocurrencies have now become a part of everyday life, and the worst thing we could do is to prohibit or ignore them". He also bought some bitcoins and declared that in public. I have also seen he was speaking with Putin and adviced him to dont forbid cryptocurrencies because it may cause money outflow.
As you know russians try to mine bitcoin even by supercomputer in nuclear station, Herman also cought his employes mining bitcoin in Sberbank. However he said that he is not intresting in mining
That mining with Supercomputer was a one time thing done by a single guy with access to a nuclear facility ILLEGALLY.
I wonder however, if the Russians would rather setup mining facilities with the same budget as a Nuclear facility. THAT would be stupendous.