The Arbitration Court of the North-West District upheld the decision of the lower court and recovered more than 118.5 million rubles from the former bankruptcy trustee of the Novgorod poultry farm “Gvardeets” Maxim Dobychin. losses due to cryptocurrency mining. In this respect Wrote The agency RIA Novosti, referring to the press service of the court.
The designated amount of electricity was burned by law enforcement by mining equipment located at the factory. The court declared Dobychin’s inaction, which was expressed in the failure to take measures to ensure the safety of property, unlawful.
In April 2020, law enforcement found about a thousand blocks of systems for mining on the territory of an old poultry farm. The so-called mining farms were powered by electricity, bypassing the electricity meters.
Elizaveta Danilova, Director of the Financial Stability Department of the Central Bank of Russia, in the second half of February expression The position of the regulator, according to which the legalization of transactions with cryptocurrencies in Russia can lead to an increase in illegal activity, as well as fundamental risks to the stability of the financial system of the state.
At the end of February, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Snikkars declarationThe share of cryptocurrency mining in Russia’s total energy consumption at the end of 2022 is 0.6 – 0.8%.