The Central Bank of Russia actually advocates the complete licensing of cryptocurrency mining, the Ministry of Finance does not agree with this position of the regulator. This was expressed by Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev, Wrote agency RIA Novosti.
“The Central Bank has a new position. In fact, mining not carried out within the experimental legal regime is prohibited. In other words, people who have to do mining have to do this through authorized institutions and so on, that is, total licensing. We are against it,” he said.
On the eve of Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on the financial market, in the framework of the RBC forum “Crypto”. Cryptocurrencies, mining and digital assets» said About plans to legalize cryptocurrency in Russia in 2023.
Anton Siluanov, head of the Ministry of Finance in February 2022 declarationdepartment is against the mining ban in the country. According to him, the cryptocurrency mining process should be introduced into the legal sphere, assigned an appropriate code of economic activity and taxed.
Before that, the Central Bank spoke for the prohibition of cryptocurrency mining on the territory of Russia due to risks to the country’s economy and financial stability.