<story><title>Russia Bans Bitcoin</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/07/russia-bans-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>usaphp</author><text>What a ridiculous title and a story itself, absolutely ridiculous, where do they get the information from to post such bold titles. Bitcoin is NOT banned in Russia, there is a warning to russians posted by central bank of Russia [1], warning is to notify people about dangers of using bitcoins, that&amp;#x27;s it! There is NO law that bans bitcoins in Russia, people are free to use if they want to, goverment is just warning you that it might be dangerouse.&lt;p&gt;Like smoking cigarettes, there is no law that bans you from smoking, but the health organizations are warning you that it can be dangerous for your health.&lt;p&gt;I am sick of this sort of stories which make to top of hacker news like the recent one by NBC about being &amp;quot;hacked&amp;quot; in Sochi [2] which was pathetically demolished by HN community [3]&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_158121/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.consultant.ru&amp;#x2F;document&amp;#x2F;cons_doc_LAW_158121&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEeJJVZ5P8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=waEeJJVZ5P8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.erratasec.com/2014/02/that-nbc-story-100-fraudulent.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.erratasec.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;that-nbc-story-100-fraudul...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Russia Bans Bitcoin</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/07/russia-bans-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pdx</author><text>From BTCE (google-translated from Russian)&lt;p&gt;Dear participants of the project BTC-e.com! In connection with decision-making in relation to the crypto-currency in Russia working with Qiwi suspended indefinitely, as well as with other payment systems in Russia. All financial obligations will be met in full without the means available additional commissions. encourage you to use the system okpay (USD, EUR), interest on the conclusion on it is reduced to zero. apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely support btc-e.com</text></comment>