Russia is in a game of chess with the rest of the world. Now that Russia is recognising cryptocurrencies as legitimate money essentially if the rest of the world bans it, and you where forced to take your money out as Russian rouble, (to then trade back to your countries Fiat money), Russia will end up owning the global economy, well played sir.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-ministry-of-finance-to-legalize-cryptocurrency-trading-on-approved-exchanges
Nice post
When China cracks down on the mining in their country, Russia will be ready to step in and take over. Now that's a power move.