Coinspot, one of the Russian sites that was blocked, quickly
shifted domains to resume operations in the country and spill the beans
about the ban in a blog post. As GigaOM
reports, the authority to carry out the ban was actually given by a
Nevyansk city court back in September, but Roskomnadzor only got around
to it yesterday.
Russia's certainly not been shy about condemning Bitcoin
previously, saying that the cryptocurrency supports illegal activity
and finances terrorism. Of course, there's no legal ban on using Bitcoin
in Russia just yet - mostly because the government can't seem to draft a
workable piece of legislation.
