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We'll Never Legalize Bitcoin, Says Russian Minister (siliconangle.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: In yet another backflip worthy of the Moscow Circus, a Russian minister has said that the country will never legalize bitcoin, just seven months after another government minister said it was considering making it legal. Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov made the statement this week, saying that "bitcoin is a foreign project for using blockchain technology, the Russian law will never consider bitcoin as a legal entity in the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation." Recognizing that blockchain technology is separate to bitcoin, Nikiforov went on to say that "I think that it is quite possible to use blockchain technology and the use of various digital tokens." Those tokens may constitute a Russian-issued cryptocurrency. TASS reported that "Russia's Communication Ministry has submitted to the government the document containing technical details related to cryptocurrencies adoption."
Moscow "circus"? I'm seriously tired of this anti-Russia propaganda bullshit.
It's a natural response to the pro-Russia bullshit propaganda, which has grown to massive proportions here on Slashdot in the last few years.
I understand our two minutes of hate makes us feel good and let us forget how degenerated our Western democracies have become, but isn't it time to stop and to try to fix our countries instead of seeking a bogeyman?
In short, no. There's lots of good evidence that they did in fact tamper with our political process in ways which are explicitly illegal here, and for good reasons.
Oh, and before another idiot say I'm a Rusky, my nickname is my real name and I live in Montreal, Canada.
I don't know if you're a Russkie, but I do know you're repeating their propaganda when you talk about "degenerated" "Western democracies".
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"