State Duma Archives

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4 October, 2022

Russia to allow block reward mining, but only in energy-rich regions

A new bill set to be tabled in parliament will relegate BTC mining to regions with hydroelectric and nuclear power...

Russian parliament approves VAT exemption for digital currency issuers

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4 July, 2022

Russian parliament approves VAT exemption for digital currency issuers

The State Duma approved the draft law in the second and third readings but will still need to be approved...

Russian bill banning use of digital assets as payment passes first reading

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18 June, 2022

Russian bill banning use of digital assets as payment passes first reading

The bill proposes to directly prohibit the use of digital financial assets and utilitarian digital rights as a payment method...

Russian parliament introduces bill to ban use of digital assets as payment

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11 June, 2022

Russian parliament introduces bill to ban use of digital assets as payment

The new bill introduced by the head of the House Financial Markets Committee, Anatoly Aksakov, proposes to clarify that only...

Russia removes tax amnesty from drafted block reward mining bill

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30 May, 2022

Russia removes tax amnesty from drafted block reward mining bill

Russia's State Duma has revised several draft block reward mining bill provisions, and one of these is a proposed one-year...

Russian investors will have to take an exam to invest in digital assets

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24 February, 2022

Russian investors will have to take an exam to invest in digital assets

The Ministry of Finance submitted a new draft bill in parliament that will license exchanges, make Bitcoin a legal asset,...

Russia wants to limit digital currency investment by non-accredited investors

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8 October, 2021

Russia wants to limit digital currency investment by non-accredited investors

The State Duma in Russia is weighing a law that would limit digital currency purchases by non-accredited investors as it...

Russian lawmakers weighing partial reversal of digital currency payments ban

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26 May, 2021

Russian lawmakers weighing partial reversal of digital currency payments ban

The reports note that some lawmakers in the country are considering revising some aspects of the payments ban including allowing...

Russian candidates to declare digital currency holdings after new bill passes

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24 May, 2021

Russian candidates to declare digital currency holdings after new bill passes

The State Duma adopted a new bill that seeks to dig into aspiring public officials’ digital currency holdings in its...

Russia shelves criminal liabilities for digital currency users

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24 July, 2020

Russia shelves criminal liabilities for digital currency users

The State Duma is reportedly seeking to abandon criminal liability for digital currency users—for now.

Russia’s Ministry for Economy: Regulate, don’t ban digital currencies

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15 June, 2020

Russia’s Ministry for Economy: Regulate, don’t ban digital currencies

A Russian ministry has stood up for the digital currency industry against a proposed blanket ban. It urged the gov’t...

Russian Ministry objects to Telegram ban lift as TON spins off