<story><title>Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulation of cryptocurrencies</title><url>https://media.dev.by/decree_media_kit_en.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>myth_drannon</author><text>Just FYI Belarus is not a democracy and the laws change at the whim of the rulers. Read the journal of this blogger who got arrested there &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;blogs-trending-38804499&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;blogs-trending-38804499&lt;/a&gt;, the people(the foreign nationals) who were in jail with him...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_0w8t</author><text>The thing about Belarus is not that laws change at whim. They are not. According a lawyer I know from Belarus in courts small and not so small cases are considered rather fairly. One in principle can count that in a daily life rule of laws applies and the level of corruption is not that bad.&lt;p&gt;But the moment your case is perceived by authorities as political or somebody with power finds your business interesting, one gets BIG troubles. Now, by playing by the rules one can protect somewhat from the &amp;quot;business&amp;quot; interests, so the situation is better than, for example, in Russia. But political part is very unpredictable and it is impossible to know which action can cross the line.</text></comment>
<story><title>Belarus to create a regulatory environment for circulation of cryptocurrencies</title><url>https://media.dev.by/decree_media_kit_en.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>myth_drannon</author><text>Just FYI Belarus is not a democracy and the laws change at the whim of the rulers. Read the journal of this blogger who got arrested there &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;blogs-trending-38804499&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;blogs-trending-38804499&lt;/a&gt;, the people(the foreign nationals) who were in jail with him...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ceasarby</author><text>This blogger was arrested because Interpol issued warrant for his arrest. Belarus as law-abiding member of Interpol just complied with rules, he was extradited to the country that made request, afaik.&lt;p&gt;I wouldn&amp;#x27;t trust the guy who broke the law on purpose. What he did is entered the territory using a fake passport, after he was specifically told by the government the he can&amp;#x27;t do this. And he did it not for any valid reason, but just to create hype in his blog. Pretty idiotic thing to do.&lt;p&gt;Anyway situation with this blogger is totally irrelevant to the Decree of Digital Economy that was signed today.</text></comment>