Dmitry Zhurbin – senior legal advisor, Infralex law firm The State Duma of the Russian Federation (lower house of the …
Smart contracts and Russia’s contractual laws
Dmitry Skvortsov – PhD in Law, independent expert In October 2017, Russia’s president approved a list of instructions in the …
‘Anti-money laundering’ destruction of small business
Alexei Ilyin – head of financial institutions, ALNANT legal group It’s been a long time since the federal anti-money laundering …
Bitcoin outlawed by court
Under the current laws of Russia, Bitcoin just as any other cryptocurrency is outside the national legal environment. That was …
Miners, who are they? Boris Titov’s draft law under experts’ criticism
Last week, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov initiated a number of nitiatives regarding regulation of digital currencies, ICOs …
Startups vs innovation trolls and vampires
Russia’s Intersoft Eurasia DO-RA Project developer (DO-RA is a personal dosimeter/radiometer compatible with smartphones on various platforms) announced its victory …
Long-awaited law on cryptocurrencies in Russia
Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, compares digital currencies to a financial bubble while Alexei …
Where to find protection from the fraudulent ICOs?
The number of ICOs has grown so much in recent months that it’s become clear that a part of them …