I do not quite get it.
Do you mean that there is no mining risks in Russia because the Police protect the mining rigs or that there is risk of theft but it is reduced? Please clarify.
From what I understood from the article shared by OP (using Google Translate), it seems like the police just seized a mining farm that is not registered or has any documents supporting its operation at all. I think it shows that running a mining farm without permission (if I understood it right) is quite risky since the police can easily seize it all.
Right. In the Moscow region, mining is safer than in Siberia, because you do not need to fear bandits and private security companies will arrive very quickly in case of an alarm. But the police can take away the mining farm.
In Siberia it’s the other way around. There are no security companies in the taiga, and you protect your property on your own.