The Prosecutor General's Office has prepared a bill on the recognition of cryptocurrency as property Interfax “with reference to the speech of the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in the State Duma. Law enforcement agencies have already prepared a corresponding bill.
Krasnov recalled that in Russia there are more and more crimes committed with the use of modern financial technologies. According to the Prosecutor General, gaps in the legal regulation of the cryptocurrency market contribute to their increase.
purposes of criminal proceedings. We have proactively prepared an appropriate bill, I will be grateful for its support, “Krasnov said in the State Duma.
In the current legislation, digital currency is recognized as property only within the framework of the bankruptcy law, on enforcement proceedings, within the framework of the anti-laundering law and the law on combating corruption.
In November, the Ministry of Economic Development proposed another legislative innovation. The ministry believes that cryptocurrency mining should be equated with entrepreneurship. This initiative was supported by the Ministry of Energy, as miners of digital money use a lot of electricity, and mining in Russia has reached a record scale – the country has become the third in terms of computing power in the world.