Cryptocurrency miners in Chechnya will be treated as terrorists, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy and advisor to the head of the republic, mentioned in feedback reported by Grozny-Inform.
Delimkhanov mentioned that “instances of unlawful mining” have already been uncovered in Chechnya. He famous that “many contain folks working in numerous organizations,” although he didn’t specify which of them.
“Our chief, Ramzan Kadyrov, has requested us to tell all residents that if such instances are uncovered — which additionally trigger electrical energy points throughout complete districts, villages, or cities — the perpetrators will face extreme punishment. We will equate them with terrorists as a result of their actions hurt society as a complete,” Delimkhanov mentioned.
At the finish of December, the Russian authorities approved an inventory of areas and territories the place cryptocurrency mining will be prohibited. The ban, which will take impact on January 1, 2025, and stay in place till March 15, 2031, applies to Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, and Chechnya, in addition to occupied Ukrainian territories: the Donetsk and Luhansk “folks’s republics,” and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas.
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