[2016-01-05] A Brief History of Russian Internet Obscurantism in 2015

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A Brief History of Russian Internet Obscurantism in 2015

Back in January 2015 it banned several websites related to bitcoin, including bitcoin.org, bitcoin.it, btcsec.com, coinspot.ru, hasbitcoin.ru, bitcoinconf.ru. Notably, even though there was a controversy in state policies in regard of cryptocurrency, no official decrees of any kind were released back then, so the agency’s activity had no legal justification whatsoever. This seemed enough for one of the banned sites’ owner, Ivan Tikhonov, who declared he would file an appeal.

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