Mining has been banned in 13 regions of the country

15th of November. /MEDIA TALK/. Cryptocurrency mining may be restricted in 13 Russian regions, Kommersant writes about this today, citing materials from the Government Commission for the Development of the Electric Power Industry. In the Irkutsk region, Buryatia and Transbaikalia, we are talking about a ban on mining in winter. From December 1, 2024 to March 15, 2025, such a restriction may begin to take effect in several cities and districts of these subjects. In the future, it is planned to be used annually from November 15 to March 15 — until 2031.


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In other regions - Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia—Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, the DPR and the LPR, mining is proposed to be banned completely from December 1, 2024 to March 15, 2031.

We have already talked about the plans of the Ministry of Energy to limit mining in some regions of Russia due to a shortage of electricity. According to market participants, such a strict ban for miners is being introduced for the first time, in their opinion, this may provoke the expansion of the "gray" sector in the industry.